Historic · Lake County
Mount Dora
A hill town above Lake Dora, north of Orlando, with Victorian houses, Florida farmhouses and citrus on the slopes.
- The houses
- Victorian, farmhouse, lakefront
- The pace
- Small town, weekend busy
- Getting around
- About 45 minutes to downtown Orlando
- It suits
- Anyone who wants a real small town, hills by Florida standards and a little more land.
The town
Downtown is a few blocks of antique shops, cafes and restaurants climbing up from the lake, with a festival of some kind most months of the year. A small lighthouse stands at the end of a lakeside park.
The water
Lake Dora connects to Lake Eustis through the Dora Canal, a slow passage between old cypress trees and one of the loveliest short boat rides in Florida.
The houses
Victorian and Craftsman houses near downtown, farmhouses and groves on the hills around it, and lakefront houses with long docks.
Where it is
Tonight in Mount Dora
Sunset times change by a minute or two across the region. These are worked out for Mount Dora today, in your browser.
