LOCAL AREA

The Circle B Bar Reserve, on the northwest shore of Lake Hancock, is a former cattle ranch that today boasts a wide variety of plants and animals. You can see several distinct ecosystems in this reserve of only 1,267 acres. You're almost guaranteed to see alligators in Lake Hancock, often considered the headwaters of the Peace River, which flows more than 100 miles from Polk County southwest to the Gulf of Mexico.

Legoland is a 150-acre theme park located in Winter-Haven, Florida, offering more than 50 rides, shows, and attractions designed for families with children ages 2-12. More than 58 million Lego bricks were used to construct more than 28,000 models featured throughout the park. The Legoland Water Park features a lazy river, splash zones, a wave pool, and water slides.

The Florida Air Museum displays a wide variety of vintage aircraft, ultralights, experimental homebuilts, air racers, military, aerobatic and factory-built aircraft from all eras. The Museum exhibits include the Howard Hughes Aviation Collection, Florida Aviation History, Florida Aviation Hall of Fame, Lakeland in WWII, Rockets and High Speed Flight, Air Racing and Aerobatics, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart Artifacts, and multiple Flight Simulators.