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• Hike With A Ranger

  • When
    02/05/2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Wekiwa Springs State Park, 1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, FL

  Hike with a ranger will involve a 2-mile guided hike around various ecosystems with a ranger bringing a program of their choice. No hike is the same!

  Meet at the Sand Lake Parking Lot (aka Horse Fly Parking Lot).
  Park Entry requires a reservation and can be made in advance.

  Learn more here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/day-use-entry-reservation-information

  Fee for entrance is $6. Though event is free, donations to park are encouraged.

  Contact: josefina.galvan@floridadep.gov

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• Survival 101 at REI Winter Park

  • When
    02/08/2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    REI Winter Park, 430 N. Orlando Ave. Winter Park, FL

  Survival 101 is a basic class that could save your life. It covers the two essentials of survival — staying warm and staying dry and how to do this in the harshest of environments. You will learn about finding food and water, building shelters, how to build and start fires, navigating without a compass and much more. The class is run by Don Philpott, who has taught survival techniques for more than 50 years. He has expeditioned, backpacked, climbed, canoed and ridden through Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, the Artic, Australia and New Zealand. He has written several books on the survival, security and safety.

  Sign up on MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/wekiva-wilderness-trust/events/312505143/

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• Hike With A Ranger

  • When
    02/12/2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Wekiwa Springs State Park, 1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, FL

  Hike with a ranger will involve a 2-mile guided hike around various ecosystems with a ranger bringing a program of their choice. No hike is the same!

  Meet at the Sand Lake Parking Lot (aka Horse Fly Parking Lot).
  Park Entry requires a reservation and can be made in advance.

  Learn more here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/learn/day-use-entry-reservation-information

  Fee for entrance is $6. Though event is free, donations to park are encouraged.

  Contact: josefina.galvan@floridadep.gov

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• Junior Ranger Club — February

  • When
    02/13/2026
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Wekiwa Springs State Park, 1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, FL

  Join us for our February Junior Ranger Club meeting at Wekiwa Springs State Park! https://www.meetup.com/wekiva.../events/312658835/

  Create Tataki-zomé Valentine Cards AND get fitted for a free bike helmet (while supplies last).

  
  

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• Edible Florida at REI

  • When
    02/15/2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    REI Winter Park, 430 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, FL

  There are over 1,700 edible plants in Central Florida that can be eaten or have medicinal uses. Learn about the most common ones, how to identify them and how to use them. Learn basic foraging skills that you can use to take full advantage of nature's plentiful bounty. The class is taught by Don Philpott, who has been researching edible plants for more than 50 years and has written several books about foraging and food. He is a Florida Master Gardener, Florida Master Naturalist, a Certified Interpretive Guide and a volunteer at Wekiwa Springs State Park.

  Sign up at MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/wekiva-wilderness-trust/events/312505154/

  
  

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• Real Florida 5K/10K Cross Country Run 2026

  • When
    02/21/2026
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    Wekiwa Springs State Park

  

  The 39th Real Florida 5K-10K
  Saturday, February 21, 2026

  Celebrating its 39th Anniversary this year, the Real Florida 5K/10K Cross Country Run is the only race in the area that is run entirely off-road within a state park and along beautiful scenic trails.

  All proceeds from the race go to support the Wekiva Wilderness Trust.

  Click HERE to register: https://realflorida5k10k.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=5326

  Use the free ItsYourRace mobile app to track, measure, and time your walk/run.  The app will notify you when you have completed your distance and prompt you to add your time to the online results.  It will even let you upload a selfie/photo from your phone which will be included with your online results.

  All finishers receive a medal and commemorative t-shirt. Prizes for fastest male and female in the 5K and 10K races.

  Gates open at 7:00 am and race starts at 8.30 am.

  This is an offroad event on trails. You must be fit enough to participate and in doing so, you release Wekiwa Springs State Park and Wekiva Wilderness Trust and anyone involved in this race from any liability of any kind.

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• Wekiva Paint Out | 2026

  • Start
    02/22/2026
  • End
    02/28/2026
  • Location
    Wekiva Island, 1014 Miami Springs Dr, Longwood, FL 32779

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  Celebrate the 20th Annual Wekiva Paint Out,  a celebration of Plein Air artists that helps benefit charities such as Keep Seminole Beautiful and Wekiva Wilderness Trust.

  All week long guests can visit Wekiva Island free of charge and witness world-class artists painting along the boardwalk, in kayaks, canoes, at the bar and at various locations along the Wekiva River.

  Throughout the week, there will be plenty of opportunities to view the work, purchase their pieces, support our artists and charities, enjoy live music, indulge in great food and celebrate art in our community!

  Visit the Wekiva Paint Out Facebook page here.
  

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• Survival 101 at REI Winter Park

  • When
    03/08/2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    REI Winter Park, 430 N. Orlando Ave. Winter Park, FL

  Survival 101 is a basic class that could save your life. It covers the two essentials of survival — staying warm and staying dry and how to do this in the harshest of environments. You will learn about finding food and water, building shelters, how to build and start fires, navigating without a compass and much more. The class is run by Don Philpott, who has taught survival techniques for more than 50 years. He has expeditioned, backpacked, climbed, canoed and ridden through Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, the Artic, Australia and New Zealand. He has written several books on the survival, security and safety.

  Sign up on MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/wekiva-wilderness-trust/events/312505146/

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• Heritage Festival | America 250

  • Start
    03/21/2026
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    03/22/2026
  •  
    4:00 PM

  The East Lake Historical Society and Wekiva Wilderness Trust invite you to join us for a Heritage Festival at Rock Springs Run State Reserve in Sorrento, March 21 & 22. This FREE 2-day event features exhibitors, arts and craft vendors, and reenactors who will demonstrate what life was like back when the town of Ethel was a thriving township (the late 1800s). Visitors will enjoy live music, entertainment, children’s games, and more. Festival food will be available for purchase.
  Click GOING on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/726730406863681/726730416863680/

  
  

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• Survival Boot Camp

  • When
    04/04/2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

  The Wekiva Wilderness Trust is holding its next basic survival boot camp on Saturday, April 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. at Rock Springs Run State Reserve in Sorrento, off State Road 46.

  The course has been designed so that everyone knows what to do in case of an emergency. All the techniques are vital skills to use in the great outdoors. The boot camp will cover survival techniques, field first aid, foraging for food and water, hands-on building a shelter, plus rope, and basket weaving from natural materials, fire lighting techniques, and navigation.

  Apart from water, bug spray, sunscreen, and lunch, each participant is asked to bring a knife, about 20 feet of strong string, cord, or similar, and two large black garbage bags.

  The cost for the workshop is $10 a person (a donation to WWT) which will be collected on the day - cash only.

  If you have questions, email: info@wwt-cso.com

  The entrance to Rock Springs Run State Reserve is off Wekiva River Road, which runs south from SR 46. Do not put in the name of the park, rather the address: 31515 Wekiva River Road, or search "Wekiva Falls" which is down the street (and you'll see the Park on your left).

  
  

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