Families, Parks and Recreation

Families, Parks and Recreation Best Kept Secrets

The best kept secrets of the City of Orlando include some of the most beautiful parks, fun facilities, and engaging programs that Families, Parks and Recreation has to offer.

• Stroll in a downtown park under a road at Dickson Azalea Park. 

• Take a tour of the City's most significant trees, some hundreds of years old.

• Walk, run, or ride a bike on Cady Way Trail.

• Play tennis at Orlando Tennis Centre.

• Enjoy the boardwalk at L. Claudia Allen Senior Center.

• Create art at the Pottery Studio.

• Have the City plant a free tree on your curb through the Tree Planting Program.

• Watch airplanes from the dock at Airport Lakes Park.

• Boat at the City's only public beach at Lake Fairview Park.

• Hike at Orlando Wetlands Park.

• Bird watching at Eagles Nest Park.

• Camp and fish at Bill Frederick Park and Pool at Turkey Lake.

• Experience culture and see public art at Loch Haven Park.

• Enjoy nature at Mayor Carl T. Langford Park Neighborhood Center.

• Golf at the City's historic Dubsdread Golf Course.

• See century-old (and even older) trees at Big Tree Park.

• The “Swans of the World Habitat” at Lake Eola Park is working towards a collection of swans that will place the City of Orlando in an elite group of five communities worldwide that have all species of swans.

• Examine a B-52 airplane up close at B-52 Memorial Park. The park is located within and operated by the Orlando International Airport.

• Walk or ride your bike to a place to play.

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