Orlando Wetlands Park- a photo essay

Thank you for reading this Orlando Wetlands Park blog and Photo Essay. Due to Eta no fishing happened by me this week. But I did take a four mile stroll through the wetlands park.

At Orlando Wetlands Park you’ll find a wetland that was built by workers using bulldozers, trucks, and other heavy equipment. It was built to clean water coming from the sewage treatment plant in east Orlando. The water runs through the marsh, the vegetation absorbs the nutrients. Lots of birds, fish, reptiles, and invertebrates love it. The St. Johns River gets unpolluted water, which Lord knows, it needs.

An anhinga dries its wings.

Through the marsh run berms that you can walk or ride bikes on. They wander for several miles. You can take the wife and kids on a walk or a bike ride and have a picnic under one of the strategically placed pavilions, and see some wildlife. Or, capture some images if that’s more to your liking.

There’s a modern restroom and water fountains near the park entrance. Speaking of entrances, you can enter for no charge. What a deal!

Caveats- no pets allowed. There’s no shade. This is not something you want to do on an afternoon in August. But I’m posting this in November, so several months of great walking weather are upon us!

Provided they’re willing to walk, this is a great place to bring those visitors from “up north” when they want to see some alligators. On warm, sunny winter days the gators sometimes come right up onto the berm to sun themselves.

Find the park at 25155 Wheeler Road, Christmas, FL 32709. The official website URL? https://www.orlando.gov/Parks-the-Environment/Directory/Wetlands-Park

Thank you for reading this Orlando Wetlands Park blog!

Bird’s eye view of a black vulture.

Life is great and I love life!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go for a walk! or travel!

John Kumiski, author of Fishing Florida by Paddle- An Angler’s Guide
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