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Around Town June 11, 2026 7:00 am

Around Town 06.11.26

By Observer Staff

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We asked Plant City: What’s your go-to summer day trip from Plant City?

Mt. Dora

Micanopy

Fort DeSoto

Springs in Ocala Forest (Alexandra, Salt Springs, Juniper)

Downtown Dunedin

Shannon Crosby

Anna Maria or Disney, perks of living in central FL

Haley Francis

Just went to Bonnet Springs in Lakeland. Very nice and very free! Unless you want to buy a snow cone

Shari Ann 

McLaughlin-Merritt

Come up to Gainesville and you can go down into an actual sinkhole. It’s so deep the climate changes as you go down. Lookup Devil’s Millhopper.

Michael Tickel

Anywhere you can kayak or snorkel!

Kate Rosemary

The Gulf Stream for pelagic birding.

Matthew Press

Ichetucknee springs state park

Kitty Tubbs

Pass a grille beach

Jessica J Mareno

Sarasota beaches, BOK Tower Gardens, Sunken Gardens, and Zoo Tampa are favorites.

Erica Louise Perkins

Treasure Island

Andie Harrell-Cooper

Silver glen springs

Rainbow River tubing

Anna Marie Island

Amy Gibbons Baldridge

Mt. Dora is one of our favorites.

Glenn Long

Rainbow river!

Jennifer Genco McGuire

Treasure Island. Or Tarpon Springs.

Linda Stump Nichols

John’s Pass

Ken Roberts

My pool.

Patrick Haney

Sarasota – The Ringling museum.

Christopher West

Fort Desoto

Kiersten Hart

Rainbow River rafting

Lisa Broome

Tarpon Springs

Cynthia Davis Van Camp

Fort de Soto

Gabriela Cazier

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