Things to Do
Weekends in Lakeland
Not a tourist list — the places residents actually rate, each linking to its own site for hours and details.
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Bonnet Springs Park
180-acre park opened in 2022 on a former rail yard, with gardens, trails, a canopy walk, and a nature center minutes from downtown
Visit site →Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College
The world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, open to visitors on a lakeside campus
Visit site →Detroit Tigers Spring Training at Publix Field
The Tigers have trained in Lakeland since 1934, one of baseball's longest spring-training relationships
Visit site →Hollis Garden
Formal 1.2-acre botanical garden on the Lake Mirror promenade with thousands of ornamental plantings
Visit site →Eating & drinking
Dining clusters downtown around Munn Park and along the Dixieland stretch of South Florida Avenue, with more spots near the Lake Mirror and Lake Morton waterfronts.
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