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Ocoee, FL
A suburban Orange County city west of Orlando, centered on Starke Lake and close to SR 429 and Florida's Turnpike.
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- Friday Mostly Sunny 70°
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Ocoee is a residential city in west Orange County, about 12 miles west of downtown Orlando, with its old town center on the shore of Starke Lake. Locals use it for lake fishing, community festivals and quick access to the highways that tie the west side of Central Florida together.
Things to do in Ocoee
Start at Bill Breeze Park on Starke Lake, a free city park in front of City Hall with a boat ramp, a fishing pier, pavilions and a lakeside walking path. Starke Lake is one of the state’s Fish Orlando program lakes and is known for largemouth bass, bluegill and crappie. Next to the park, the Withers-Maguire House, a Queen Anne home dating to 1888, opens for guided tours and events, and the city’s spring Ocoee Music Festival brings free concerts to the lakefront. The paved West Orange Trail runs through the Ocoee and Winter Garden area for walking and cycling. Ocoee’s history also includes the 1920 Ocoee Massacre, when a mob attacked the town’s Black community after two men tried to vote; the city formally acknowledged it in 2018.
Getting around Ocoee
Ocoee is a driving town. State Road 50 runs east to Orlando, the SR 408 East-West Expressway and Florida’s Turnpike pass just south of downtown, and SR 429 heads south toward Walt Disney World. Orlando International Airport is about 30 minutes away on a clear day, longer at rush hour.
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