Marker in peaceful Dade Battlefield Historic State Park., 10 minutes off I-75 in Florida (Photo: Bonnie Gross) More on Gamble Plantation Historic State Park 10 minutes off I-75 in Florida: Dade Battlefield, Bushnell NOTE: Buildings and museum are closed Tuesday and Wednesday but the grounds are open. How much time it will take: You can tour the house and museum in an hour. How to find it: Located near Sarasota, less than two miles off I-75, minutes south of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to St. To go inside the house, you must take a guided tour, offered for $6 at 9:30 a.m. There is no fee to enter the park or visitors center. It’s just one of the interesting stories you learn here. The story that makes the Gamble Mansion famous is its role in 1865 just after the Confederate surrender, when the secretary of state for the Confederacy escaped the country via the Gamble Mansion. The Gamble Mansion has white columns to rival Tara and it’s the only antebellum mansion left in South Florida. Gamble Mansion in Ellenton, Florida, is five minutes off I-75 in Florida (Photo: Bonnie Gross) Five minutes off I-75 in Florida: Peace River Seafood, Punta Gorda How much time it will take: You can make this stop in 20 minutes, though manatees have a magnetic power that might keep you around for longer. How to find it: Manatee Park is five minutes off I-75. The only fee is for parking at $2 an hour. There are videos about manatees and seasonal talks by manatee experts.Įven without manatees (which is likely from April to November), the Orange River is a beautiful kayak trail through Old Florida scenery and you can rent kayaks here. The area has other amenities, including a butterfly gardens, educational exhibits, playgrounds and restrooms. If you’re Florida road trip is on chilly winter day, this is a must-stop because there’s an excellent chance you’ll see dozens of manatees in the warm-water discharge of a power plant. If your Florida road trip is on a chilly winter day, you’re likely to see manatees here, five minutes off I-75 in Florida. The manatees at Manatee Park in Fort Myers loll about in the warm water discharged from an FPL plant. 10 minutes off I-75 in Florida: Six Mile Cypress Slough, Fort Myers There are nice trails and the opportunity to rent kayaks or canoes for those with more time. ![]() How much time will it take: You can get a taste of the place and absorb its strange story in a visit of 60 to 90 minutes. Take Exit 123 off of I-75 on Corkscrew Road/SR 850. How to find it: Six minutes off the Interstate just north of Naples. Thanks to this cult leader, though, a lovely wooded site on the Estero River was preserved through the years for us to enjoy.Īdmission is $5 per vehicle guided tours are $2 an adult. Teed and his followers believed the entire universe existed within a giant, hollow sphere and that Teed was the messiah. Teed, founder in 1894 of a utopian community here. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)įlorida’s wackiness goes back to its first settlers, and Koreshan State Historic Site introduces us to one of our earliest eccentrics – Dr. Koreshan historic building: The Planetary Court., within 10 minutes of I-75 in Florida.
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