Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve

Dry Prairie

Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve/Florida:

This park is out in the middle of nowhere…but we like it. It is located north of Lake Okeechobee. It is QUIET and has hiking trails and if you are creative a biking trail. We bike out to paved road and back (8.6 miles) or on some of the paths as we have mountain bikes.








My man biking the road

Heck, bring your horse because this is one of those places you can camp with your horse (NO KIDDING…the first time I saw this I had a good chuckle…an unusual concept for a former Jersey Girl). It is a small park and boasts cheap washers and dryers…for a whopping $2.00 you can wash and dry a load of laundry. Bring all food in with you because Lord knows you don’t want to run out to get bread or milk or beer as it is way too far (at least thirty miles)! I am not sure that I would book in here for two weeks as you would have to go out at some point to get provisions and for me that is might be too far. They do sell ice at the park office.


Raising cattle on the dry prairie

  Cell phone and Mifi service is spotty, you better be prepared with things to do when it gets dark…break out the cards, read aloud books/kindle…or perhaps you are one of those lucky ducks with satellite?









Local fauna/he looks plastic!
 

Our time is usually spent biking up 12 to 20 miles (we get creative) or walking a trail. The last time we were here, David took me on a walk. I mentioned it looked like it was going to rain, he swore it wasn’t. Off we went. We were out there a couple of miles when it began raining. As luck would have it (for him), we saw the ONLY shelter up ahead. There we sat for at least an hour chatting waiting for it to stop. When it pretty much stopped, off we went without incident…lucky us as we were not prepared with rain gear and we were a few miles out.

Funky Prairie Buggy

In previous years, we had wanted to take the Guided Prairie Buggy tour but it seemed to always be getting repaired. Lucky for us, this time it was running. $17 for each Adult (plus tax) and the tour runs 2 – 2.5 hours long. We chose the 8:30 am tour as 2 pm sounded like it could be hot (even in February).


We've seen rv's of every shape and size here so camping here is for everyone.