Recreation

The Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Region in Orange, Osceola and Polk counties is rich with recreational opportunities. The Chain of Lakes is renowned nationally as an anglers’ paradise. The ongoing acquisition of wetlands and associated upland areas around the lakes and their tributaries protect water quality and provide natural flood water storage. Much of the 52,000 acres owned by the District in the Upper Kissimmee Basin was purchased as part of the Kissimmee River Restoration. That land allows lakes Cypress, Hatchineha and Kissimmee to fluctuate in a more natural manner, mimicking the historic flows that nourished the river and its abundant habitat years ago.

Nearly all of this land is open to the public and to recreational activities that are compatible with the land's primary purpose of water-resource protection.

The South Florida Water Management District has several Land Stewardship programs. Please visit the following links for more information.

South Florida Water Management District's Recreation & Public Use page - Provides links to Save Our Rivers (SOR) program information and maps.

Use this NEW Recreation Search to check out other recreational activities on District lands.

Recreational Guide
[15MB PDF]
Information about recreational use on public lands

•Kissimmee Basin