Winter Park

Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County Florida. Winter Park was founded as a resort community by northern business magnates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Founded on July 4th 1881 - Tales of Winter Park). Its main street includes civic buildings, retail, art galleries, a private liberal arts college (Rollins College), museums, a park, a train station, a golf course country club, a historic cemetery, and a beach and boat launch.

The city is traversed by the old East Florida and Atlantic Railroad ( "Dinky Line") railroad bed, which until the 1960s had a stop at Lake Virginia/Rollins College at the city park now known as Dinky Dock. Much of this right of way has been converted to a rail-trail pedestrian/biking path in the form of the Cady Way Trail, which leads from Cady Way Park toward the Baldwin Park neighborhood and downtown Orlando, and in the opposite direction to Oviedo and beyond (via the Florida Trail), due to a new pedestrian bridge spanning Semoran Boulevard (SR 436) in Orange County. 

Scenic Olde Winter Park area is punctuated by small, winding brick streets, and a canopy of old southern live oaks and camphor trees, draped with Spanish moss. There are thousands of visitors that come to our annual festivals including the BachFestival, the nationally ranked Sidewalk Art Festival, and the Winter Park Concours d'Elegance.Within the city is the Mead Botanical Garden park that encompasses several ecosystems. It has an amphitheater, butterfly garden, discovery barn and a recreation center. Many of its structures are more than 100 years old.

Winter Park City continues to be one of the very thought out communities. From the beautiful street canopy live oaks, to our bistro restaurants and boutique shops. There are  many places that the family can enjoy and call home.