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The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce holds Florida's oldest bicycle festival annually in early October. It is three-day event. The festival includes a variety of daily rides, ranging from 8 to 100 miles. [citation needed] Mount Dora's largest event, the Mount Dora Craft Fair, draws over 250,000 visitors every fourth weekend in October.
Mount Dora Historic District is a U.S. historic district in Mount Dora, Florida, Lake County. [2] The district is roughly bounded by 3rd Avenue, 11th Avenue, Clayton Street, and Helen Street. [ 3 ] The historic district features many buildings from the early 20th century.
The Mount Dora Meteor was day time excursion train that departed from the railway's Mount Dora depot. Narrated by the conductor, passengers embarked on a 1.5 hour, ten mile round trip excursion between the towns of Mount Dora and Tavares. Sights included: Lake Dora, Lake Gertrude, The Golden Triangle, and several orange groves.
W.T. Bland Public Library – 1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora, FL 32757 Originally built in 1905 the Mount Dora Library's 150-book collection resided in a small room located in Town Hall. The library soon outgrew its humble room and in 1917 was moved to a basement located in Education Hall, a private school.
The line was mainly used to ship citrus fruit and other agricultural products, though its passenger trains also brought tourists to the city. Passenger service ended in 1949, and the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce bought the station in 1981. [2] On March 5, 1992, the station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
SR 44 runs east and west through Central Lake County from west of Leesburg where it joins southbound US 441 until it breaks away near Mount Dora and heads northeast into Volusia County. SR 46 starts at an interchange with US 441 and County Road 46 in Mount Dora and through Sorrento and Mount Plymouth along the northern border of Orange County.
River City Marketplace (RCM) is a quasi-regional outdoor shopping mall in the Northside of Jacksonville, Florida and the only one north of the St. Johns River.It opened its doors on November 17, 2006 with three major anchor stores including Walmart, Lowe's and Regal Cinemas River City Marketplace 14.
The Mount Dora Ghost Walk is a ninety minute long bizarre bilingual [1] theatrical and lantern-guided walking tour of the city of Mount Dora, Florida.It is an adventure into the darker side of the city often referred to by visitors as the New England of the South, and gets its inspiration from the local history, legends, and myths that are compiled by a group of historians and actors.