County park with small boat launching availability. Small campground best suited for tents with facilities(nearby gun range may keep you from sleeping in). Has playground areas and picnic areas. Access to part of the Great Florida Birding Trail. Don’t feed the alligator signs present. Nice quiet non urban park that might or not be your cup of tea.
James Hazlett
Great local fishing spot with a series of connected lakes. You can usually find a nice quiet spot to fish and call it your own. If you enjoy camping, there is also a campground on these premises. There is also a tackle shop at the entrance for all your fishing needs.
Traveling Leo (Traveler Cip)
This is a nice hidden gem between East of Lakeland and West of Auburndale. I've been coming here all my life since I was a young lad. This place offers fishing, boating, camping, and hiking trails. You can see some awesome wildlife here for sure from alligators to various birds. There is also a shooting range near the far back of the park area. Also, there is a large playground for children to play.
Along the main road of Saddle Creek, you will find various picnic tables that are covered. My family use to get lunch and we would eat out here at one the picnic tables. There is also a camping ground in here for tents or RVs. My primary purpose out here is to walk the nature trails.
There are 2 primary nature trails that are located in the far back. Parking is free. The first original nature trail is the one on the left side of the lake. This trail is about 1.2 miles in length. It has a dead end and you walk back creating about a 2.4 mile hike. It's very easy, mostly shaded, very inclusive in the woods, and offers some hills in here. You can overlook the beautiful swamp and lakes below at some points. This trail is very wide on the main part. However, there are some narrow trails that you can on as well. Just be careful out here.
The second trail is to the far left closer to the shooting range. Just follow the signs to the opening area. Here they offer a required fee of $3 per person for the trail. Sadly, most people just ignore paying the fee. I've seen people do it. Anyways, this trail is about 1 mile length if you walk the Lake Loop trail. You start the trail off by walking over an old wooden bridge. Once at the folk, I take the right trail. It's a loop, so you will come back here to exit. This trail can be very strenuous from some people with hill climbing up and down. It is very narrow compared to the other nature trail. Along the way you will see another bride that leads to another portion of another trail. You can walk this flat land trail if you like. I walked it and thought it was relaxing. It loops back to the regular trail so you can finish the mail trail. Once across the bridge again, you will come across a decision of taking the easy trail or difficult trail. Easy is flat as difficult is hill climbing. I like the hill climbing for a great workout. Soon you will see a high lookout tower, its small though. You can walk up to look at the gorgeous view of the lake. From here, just walk back to the main trail. Continue to follow the trail until you come across the beginning folk. You will pass a second bridge before the folk.
I walked both trails the other day and I think it took me about 2 hours or a little longer because I was taking pictures and enjoying the environment. I would highly recommend coming out here for a nice peaceful walk in nature. You may encounter gators out and other wildlife. The park is open from Dawn to Dusk. I highly recommend wearing pants and wear mosquitoes repellent. Mosquitoes are terrible out there.
Allen Rodriguez
Very nice lake can pick your own spot and enjoy the scenery they do a good job of keeping it clean but some people really need to stop leaving their empty bottles and bags around
Carlene Parker327 days ago
It is a great place to just chill. Glad to see the police spend a little time here as well. I feel safe and we love putting our boat in to fish. Nice picnicking too.
Misty Black327 days ago
Had a nice time! Looks just like the pics! I did see a beige building that had vending machines and what look to be restrooms .. Quite a bit of people spread out here and there fishing of just enjoying the lake.
Rocky Elliott1 year ago
Nice place to go and do some fishing . I used to go there a lot go fishing swimming when I was a kid. still go now and then I went there a lot with my grandad and Dad when I was a kid now that they're gone. I still there and go fishing, nice place the county try to keep it up. really nice gun range in the back also in the far back used to have a swim area but they closed down years ago and a lot of picnic tables, but they tore them down. but you can still have picnics and play on the playgrounds. They need to put more picnic areas in. they do have walking trails in the back . I forgot to take pictures I will update this later with some pictures.
Nano Pinkie10 years ago
Love the wild life 🐸🐦🐢🐍🐇🐁🐜🐝🐟🐌🐞🐛🐊🐿🕷🕸🌸🌷🌾🍄🌳🌿🌱🌼birds squirrels my most favorite is the alligator's 🐊🐊🐸 🐢 thank you for sharing such a beautiful place and always keeping it clean an pleasant 😍😍😁😁
Nice quiet non urban park that might or not be your cup of tea.
Along the main road of Saddle Creek, you will find various picnic tables that are covered. My family use to get lunch and we would eat out here at one the picnic tables. There is also a camping ground in here for tents or RVs. My primary purpose out here is to walk the nature trails.
There are 2 primary nature trails that are located in the far back. Parking is free. The first original nature trail is the one on the left side of the lake. This trail is about 1.2 miles in length. It has a dead end and you walk back creating about a 2.4 mile hike. It's very easy, mostly shaded, very inclusive in the woods, and offers some hills in here. You can overlook the beautiful swamp and lakes below at some points. This trail is very wide on the main part. However, there are some narrow trails that you can on as well. Just be careful out here.
The second trail is to the far left closer to the shooting range. Just follow the signs to the opening area. Here they offer a required fee of $3 per person for the trail. Sadly, most people just ignore paying the fee. I've seen people do it. Anyways, this trail is about 1 mile length if you walk the Lake Loop trail. You start the trail off by walking over an old wooden bridge. Once at the folk, I take the right trail. It's a loop, so you will come back here to exit. This trail can be very strenuous from some people with hill climbing up and down. It is very narrow compared to the other nature trail. Along the way you will see another bride that leads to another portion of another trail. You can walk this flat land trail if you like. I walked it and thought it was relaxing. It loops back to the regular trail so you can finish the mail trail. Once across the bridge again, you will come across a decision of taking the easy trail or difficult trail. Easy is flat as difficult is hill climbing. I like the hill climbing for a great workout. Soon you will see a high lookout tower, its small though. You can walk up to look at the gorgeous view of the lake. From here, just walk back to the main trail. Continue to follow the trail until you come across the beginning folk. You will pass a second bridge before the folk.
I walked both trails the other day and I think it took me about 2 hours or a little longer because I was taking pictures and enjoying the environment. I would highly recommend coming out here for a nice peaceful walk in nature. You may encounter gators out and other wildlife. The park is open from Dawn to Dusk. I highly recommend wearing pants and wear mosquitoes repellent. Mosquitoes are terrible out there.