Shingle Creek Regional Park in Osceola County, Florida

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Osceola County attraction

Shingle Creek Regional Park

Osceola County · Central Florida

A county park along Shingle Creek in Kissimmee, protecting the northernmost headwaters of the Everglades.

ABOUT THIS PLACE

Shingle Creek rises in Orlando and runs 23 miles south into Lake Tohopekaliga. From there the water carries on through the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, down the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee and finally into the Everglades, about 350 miles in all. That makes this creek the northern beginning of the whole system, which is why Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee and the South Florida Water Management District bought up the land along it piece by piece rather than let it be built on. The park is not one tract but several landings strung along the creek. Babb Landing holds Pioneer Village on about 160 acres. Marsh Landing has a canoe and kayak launch with accessible facilities. Steffee Landing rents equipment. The St. Clair tract is 40 acres at the southern end and the Ruba tract is 16 acres of wilderness with trails. The creek can be paddled about two miles from Babb Landing through old cypress. A 32-mile trail from Kissimmee to Wekiwa Springs is planned. The main address is 925 South Bass Road, open sunrise to sunset

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