Orlando Outdoor Activities
Orlando Outdoor Activity Guide
In Orlando, the best outdoor activities take advantage of the city’s warm weather. Enjoy an Orlando concert under the stars or adventurously tour the city from the air. From completely free activities to those that cost hundreds of dollars, there are outdoor activities to fit every budget.
For outdoor Orlando concerts ranging from jazz to pop to big band to contemporary, Uptown Altamonte at Cranes Roost Park serves up a summer concert series that provides it all. Hosted under the yellow, M-shaped Eddie Rose Amphitheater, Friday Night Unplugged concerts are free and open to everyone. Stop by 274 East Central Parkway in Altamonte Springs, a short drive from Orlando, at 8 p.m. to enjoy the show.
Anyone who has ever been horse crazy is sure to enjoy Trotter’s Park, which stands out among Orlando parks because of its classic equestrian theme. About 20 acres of this grassy park are devoted to equestrian facilities, which provide therapeutic horseback riding lessons. People with disabilities also have access to hippotherapy. Trotter’s Park is located on West Trotters Drive in nearby Maitland.
Adventure-seekers craving distinctive tours of Orlando need look no further than Balloons and Beyond, a company that offers hot air balloon flights over the city during the golden sunset hours. Each flight is led by an experienced pilot, includes basic lessons on how to operate a hot air balloon, and comes with a glass of champagne and continental breakfast. Guests also receive a certificate, postcard, and photo to show off at home. Flights take off from the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando every day of the week.
When it comes to Orlando outdoor activities, there are a wide variety of adventures that allow both locals and tourists to enjoy Orlando’s world-famous sunshine and magic.
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Winter Park Country Club
- Winter Park
Nine-hole course has been graced by players such as Hogan, Snead, and Sarazen and even became grazing pastures during WWI
Putting Edge (Orlando)
- Florida Center
Golf balls tumble down turf in 18-hole indoor glow-in-the-dark course themed around various settings such as medieval times and rain forest
Central Florida Paddleboarding Orlando
- Multiple Locations
Trained and certified instructors lead groups on eco tours or teach them to paddleboard
Gator Golf
- Florida Center
Players sink putts on a mini-golf course set in a lagoon with 200 live alligators
Little Linksters
- Metro West
PGA top-50 kids instructor starts children age 3 - 8 early & correctly with video analysis, drills, practice tip sheets & club analysis
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Based out of Orlando Executive Airport, Flight Training Professionals puts students behind the steering column of a 2011 Cessna Skycatcher C-162 aircraft alongside certified flight instructors during flight-training exercises. As trainees soar toward a sport, private, or commercial pilot license, they’ll divide their time among scenario-based learning in the flight simulator, ground schooling, and actual flying time in the cockpit. In the air, they can enjoy the user-friendliness of the plane’s Garmin G1000 flight deck, which synthesizes relevant flight data into one easy-to-read format, information such as air traffic or whether there is a very large gorilla clinging to the control tower.
Spun sugar crystals float by spinning horses and pools of docile magnetic sharks beneath the glittering midway lights of Carol Stream Amusements' lively traveling carnival. The nearly 110-year-old fair company's third-generation of stewards bring rides, games, and snacks to states such as Florida, North Carolina, and New York, where it operates the state fair in Syracuse. A 65-foot century wheel soars above the bustle of the music-filled midway, where LED lights twinkle in patterns of white, green, blue, and red around its gondola cars. A merry-go-round sends fantastical steeds cantering around in a stately circle, while bumper cars careen around their nearby enclosure. Carnival games such as squirt-gun races and fishing for magnetized sharks yield prizes such as stuffed animals and inflatable Scooby-Doo, SpongeBob, and Henry VIII dolls, while flurries of corn dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, and taffy apples fall constantly on hungry fair-goers.
