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Bike ride around Lake Apopka
Sun, Dec 7th
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Celebrating the new west side connection!
JOIN THIS YEAR’S FOLA 40 AND Cycle around Lake Apopka Florida's 4th largest lake.
Choose from 8, 16, 32, 40 mile rides
40 mile ride starts in downtown historic Winter Garden. All other distances start at Magnolia Park
Strongly recommend hybrid, mountain, gravel, or wide-tire e-bikes
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Friends of Lake Apopka was founded in 1991 by Winter Garden biologist Jim Thomas to advocate for the restoration of Florida’s 4th largest lake.
The FOLA 40 bicycle ride around Lake Apopka
was started in 2017 to:
raise awareness about the lake’s continued restoration
highlight the trail system around the lake
emphasize the need to connect the trails into a 42-mile safe cycling loop around Lake Apopka.
While we usually have the ride in Spring or Fall, we moved the 8th Annual FOLA 40 to Sunday, December 7th. this year because in October, Lake County will connect
Green Mountain Overlook to the Hancock Road Trail, eliminating the need to ride on shoulder-less CR 455 & CR 561a.
Orange County will connect West Orange Trail to Magnolia Park in 2026, completing the 42-mile Lake Apopka Loop Trail, which will sit on the Florida Coast-to-Coast Connector trail and attract cyclists from all over the country.
Thank you to our sponsors!
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