Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Orange Blossom
Shingle Creek Regional Park
The Shingle Creek Regional Park offers a unique blend of nature
and history in a setting quietly hidden within an urban area.
Approximately 200 acres are accessible as of January 2009’s
opening. Located just minutes from the busy tourist corridor of
U.S. Highway 192, the park is in the middle of a destination that
offers a myriad of accommodations with direct access to the Walt
Disney World Resort as well as other local attractions. The park
will allow visitor to experience vivid encounters with a wild and
vanishing Florida. Bald eagles, wild turkey, great blue heron,
yellow-bellied slider turtles, white-tailed deer and river otters are
some of the animals that can be spotted in the area.
Size: 456 acres
Location:
4266 W. Vine Street
Kissimmee, FL 34741
or
2491 Babb Road
Kissimmee, FL 34746
Features:
* Passive Acreage
* Canoeing
* Conservation Area
* Hiking / Walking Trails
* Undeveloped Land
The Orange Blossom Song
Author: Unknown
I want to wake up in the morning,
where the orange blossoms grow.
Where the sun comes a peeping into
where I’m a sleep’n
and the songbirds sing hello.
I love the fresh air and the sunshine,
it’s good for us you know.
So I’ll make my home in Florida,
where the orange blossoms grow.
Orange Blossoms
JJ Grey & MOFRO
well I snuck to her window to leave her a note
will you come meet me at the back of the grove?
all the trees were in bloom that sweet smell in the air
we were trebling together we were young we were scared
true love is hard to find
I can smell those orange blossoms
I can see her standing here
when I smell those orange blossoms then I'm there
we swam in the lake we watched fire flies by night
she was my princess and I was her Knight
but her daddy didn't like me He ain't like how I look
he said leave that boy be and that’s all that it took
true love is hard to find
I can smell those orange blossoms
I can see her standing here
when I smell those orange blossoms
then I'm there
but I remember her vow How she wouldn't forget me
and all these years later I can't even remember her name
true love is hard to find
I can smell those orange blossoms
I can see her standing here
when I smell those orange blossoms
then I'm there
where did she go
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Shingle Creek Regional Park
The northern end of the newly opened Shingle Creek Regional Park was once the home of the Babb Family, who were born and raised in Kissimmee and owned citrus groves that still stand on this land today. The park offers a quiet retreat and a peek into Kissimmee’s rich agricultural history right in the heart of thriving U.S. Hwy. 192.
The Babb property is just one mile north of Highway 192 but guests will feel they have been transported back in time. Several historic structures, soon to be restored, dot the land, as do countless citrus trees, soaring palm trees and winding hiking trails. Bald eagles, wild turkey, eastern bluebirds, great blue heron, wood duck, woodpeckers, yellow-bellied slider turtles, white-tailed deer, raccoons and river otters in their natural environment all call this area home. Future development includes additional hiking and paddling trails, a bike path, a nature center, playgrounds and picnic areas.
Two-hundred acres in Shingle Creek Regional Park opened to the public in January 2009, offering a glimpse into a different life and time in Florida.
Hiking and paddling trails traverse natural cypress dominated wetland and uplands of oak and pine while passing by several original pioneer structures built between the 1890’s and 1930’s. Site amenities also include trailhead parking, picnic areas, park benches and restrooms.
Shingle Creek Regional Park is a project funded by several local government entities in an effort to preserve the land around the headwaters to the Everglades. Already 1,033 acres have been purchased piecemeal by the city of Kissimmee and Osceola County or in joint ventures, using a variety of national and state grants.
The part of the park now accessible to the public will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October through March and for two extra hours in the evening during the rest of the year. The Babb property includes parking, a restroom, 1.25 miles of hiking trails, a children’s play area and a horseshoe pit. Steffee Landing also boasts a fishing dock and two miles of creek for families to explore in their own canoe or kayak. Eventually, officials hope to open more hiking and biking trails with signs to mark them.
A few years ago, the Babb homestead, which officials had talked about converting into a museum, was destroyed in an arson fire. Though it could be rebuilt in the future, the remaining work buildings and garages will be restored in the second phase of the regional park.
The Babb property, on the north end of the park, is off Babb Road, west of Kissimmee. To get to Babb Road, turn onto Old Vineland Road from U.S. Highway 192. Babb Road intersects Old Vineland Road from the north.
The Babb property is just one mile north of Highway 192 but guests will feel they have been transported back in time. Several historic structures, soon to be restored, dot the land, as do countless citrus trees, soaring palm trees and winding hiking trails. Bald eagles, wild turkey, eastern bluebirds, great blue heron, wood duck, woodpeckers, yellow-bellied slider turtles, white-tailed deer, raccoons and river otters in their natural environment all call this area home. Future development includes additional hiking and paddling trails, a bike path, a nature center, playgrounds and picnic areas.
Two-hundred acres in Shingle Creek Regional Park opened to the public in January 2009, offering a glimpse into a different life and time in Florida.
Hiking and paddling trails traverse natural cypress dominated wetland and uplands of oak and pine while passing by several original pioneer structures built between the 1890’s and 1930’s. Site amenities also include trailhead parking, picnic areas, park benches and restrooms.
Shingle Creek Regional Park is a project funded by several local government entities in an effort to preserve the land around the headwaters to the Everglades. Already 1,033 acres have been purchased piecemeal by the city of Kissimmee and Osceola County or in joint ventures, using a variety of national and state grants.
The part of the park now accessible to the public will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October through March and for two extra hours in the evening during the rest of the year. The Babb property includes parking, a restroom, 1.25 miles of hiking trails, a children’s play area and a horseshoe pit. Steffee Landing also boasts a fishing dock and two miles of creek for families to explore in their own canoe or kayak. Eventually, officials hope to open more hiking and biking trails with signs to mark them.
A few years ago, the Babb homestead, which officials had talked about converting into a museum, was destroyed in an arson fire. Though it could be rebuilt in the future, the remaining work buildings and garages will be restored in the second phase of the regional park.
The Babb property, on the north end of the park, is off Babb Road, west of Kissimmee. To get to Babb Road, turn onto Old Vineland Road from U.S. Highway 192. Babb Road intersects Old Vineland Road from the north.
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