Winter Garden

Winter Garden is a small town in Orange County, Florida, located just west of Orlando. It is a quickly expanding community that is becoming a hub for shopping and is also home to the West Orange Trail. It is known for being an upscale suburb of Orlando and is frequented by locals for its attractive downtown area on Plant Street.

Understand
The town is on the shore of Lake Apopka, one of several large lakes surrounding Greater Orlando. To the east of Winter Garden are the inner suburbs of Orlando, as the town is on the eastern fringes of the metropolitan area, the center of which is away. Winter Garden was founded by Henry Harrel in 1857, and was called "Beulah" before receiving its current name. In 2019 its population was 46,000.

By plane
Winter Garden, like most of Central Florida, is served primarily by the Orlando International Airport.

By car
The easiest way to get to Winter Garden from the Airport is the highway. Winter Garden is located next to two highways: Florida's Turnpike and SR 429. There is a network of Orlando highways in a somewhat grid-like pattern on which Winter Garden is a part.

By bus
lists the intercity bus companies serving the Orlando Metropolitan area from all parts of the state. The in front of the Winter Garden Regional Shopping Center serves as the transfer point between LakeXpress (Lake County) and Lynx Bus (Orange County):
 * Link 25 Goes by the Greyhound Bus Station on 555 S John Young Pkwy. Passengers transfer between the 105 and the 25 bus along W Colonial Dr (SR-50) between Ferguson Dr and John Young Pkwy.
 * Link 105 runs hourly from Orlando Lynx Central Station in downtown Orlando to W Colonial Dr (SR-50) & Park Ave at Winter Garden Shopping Center via West Oaks Mall. The route begins/ends at the Winter Garden Shopping Center at W Colonial (SR-50) and Park Ave.
 * Link 812 NeighborLink (shuttle). Door to door service from Winter Garden Shopping Center, appointment required.
 * Link 812 NeighborLink (shuttle). Door to door service from Winter Garden Shopping Center, appointment required.

Lynx does not operate cross-county services to Lake County in the west from Winter Garden.



Get around
Downtown is small enough to walk around.

Go next

 * Apopka
 * Orlando