Things to Do in Lake Okeechobee
Airboat rides, the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, the dark skies of Kissimmee Prairie and the Okeechobee Battlefield. Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed and RV parking.
Lake Okeechobee, Florida · Things to do
Guides
8 guides
Hours, fees & tips
Free to visit
4 of 8
Admission is on each guide
Elevation
Near sea level
Around the area
Best time
Nov–Apr
For getting out and about
Updated October 31, 2026 · Each guide covers hours, admission and RV parking
What to do
Things to do in Lake Okeechobee
Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed, RV parking and what’s nearby.
Clewiston Museum
See mammoth and megalodon fossils, Seminole and Spanish history, the WWII story of the RAF cadets at Riddle Field and how sugar built Clewiston, in a small museum 8 minutes from Crooked Hook RV Resort.
Eagle Bay Airboat Rides
Skim through the Eagle Bay marsh to the cypress trees up Limpkin Creek on a guided airboat ride, with alligators, wading birds and a captain who knows the lake, 3 minutes from the US-441 RV parks.
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Camp under some of the darkest skies in Florida on 54,000 acres of open prairie, with caracaras by day, the Milky Way by night and a big-rig campground about 45 minutes north of Okeechobee.
Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail
Walk, bike or ride the top of the 35-foot Herbert Hoover Dike for big-sky views over Florida’s largest lake.
Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park
Stand on the open ground where U.S. troops under Col. Zachary Taylor fought Seminole and Miccosukee warriors on Christmas Day 1837, a free, quiet National Historic Landmark minutes from the US-441 RV parks.
Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino
Play slots, table games and high-stakes bingo at the Seminole Tribe’s new Brighton Bay casino, opened in 2025 with a 100-room hotel, bowling and five places to eat, 2 minutes from Brighton RV Resort.
Taylor Creek Stormwater Treatment Area
Walk or bike a free 3-mile levee loop through a marsh built to clean the water flowing into Lake Okeechobee, with wood storks, spoonbills, cranes and gators, about 15 minutes north of the US-441 RV parks.
Wagon Wheel Horse Farm
Take a private, guided trail ride through 3,000 acres of old Florida ranch land, with palm hammocks, open pasture and a guide just for your group, about 16 minutes from the US-441 RV parks.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos: Clewiston Museum: Ebyabe on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Eagle Bay Airboat Rides: Michael Seeley on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park: Ebyabe on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail: RicoRico on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park: RobertJBanach on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino: Ebyabe on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Taylor Creek Stormwater Treatment Area: U.S. EPA on Wikimedia Commons (public domain); Wagon Wheel Horse Farm: U.S. National Archives on Wikimedia Commons (public domain). The header photo is the Clewiston Museum card image.
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