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• Thursday Hike at Wekiwa Springs State Park

  • Start
    08/28/2025
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  • End
    12/18/2025
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  • Schedule
    17 sessions
  • Location
    Wekiwa Springs State Park

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  Every Thursday at 9am

  Come and join park staff on a weekly hike of Wekiwa Springs State Park. Learn about Wekiwa Spring fascinating history, wildlife, native plants and foraging, prescribed burning, and more with a park ranger.

  Paid admission into the park is required at ranger station.

  Meet at the end of Park Drive at the Sand Lake parking lot no later than 9am. Great opportunity for school groups and home school learning for all ages.

  See you there!

  
  

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• Fall EggFest at Wekiva Island

  • When
    11/01/2025
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Wekiwa Island, 1014 Miami Springs Dr, Longwood, FL 32779

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  Come and support the 11th Annual Central Florida Fall EggFest at Wekiva Island. This all-day event benefits the Wekiva Wilderness Trust and Keep Seminole Beautiful.

  Big Green Egg enthusiasts showcase their culinary talents and members of the public get to taste them.

  For more information and to buy tickets, go to centralfloridafalleggfest.com.

  
  

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

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

  The 39th Real Florida 5K-10K

  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.

  Every finisher gets a medal and commemorative t-shirt and there are prizes for the overall 5K and 10 K races (male and female) as well as prizes for every age group winner. 

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

  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.

  Start time: 7:30am.

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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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