Things to Do in Ocala
Glass-bottom boats at Silver Springs, the Don Garlits drag racing museum, horse farm tours, zip lines and the Santos trails. Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed and RV parking.
Ocala, Florida · Things to do
Guides
8 guides
Hours, fees & tips
Free to visit
3 of 8
Admission is on each guide
Elevation
40–135 ft
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 Ocala
Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed, RV parking and what’s nearby.
Appleton Museum of Art
See European, Asian, African and modern art in a travertine-clad museum behind a long reflecting pool, a few minutes east of downtown Ocala.
Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
See Big Daddy Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat dragsters and roughly 270 race and classic cars at the museum he founded, a few minutes off I-75 on Ocala’s south side.
Fort King National Historic Landmark
Walk a rebuilt 1830s Army fort, a seep spring and part of the old military road at a key site of the Second Seminole War, now a city park east of downtown Ocala.
Gypsy Gold Horse Farm
Meet the Gypsy Vanner horses on the Ocala farm that first brought the breed to America, on a guided tour led by Dennis Thompson, who helped name it.
Santos Trailhead
Ride Florida’s best-known mountain bike trails, from easy pine-woods loops to the expert-only Vortex in an old limerock quarry, or roll the paved Greenway trail west over the I-75 Land Bridge.
Sholom Park
Walk 2.4 miles of paved paths past formal gardens, a koi pond, a labyrinth and a Japanese Zen garden at this free, privately run peace park on Ocala’s southwest side.
Silver Springs State Park
Ride a glass-bottom boat over one of America’s largest springs, paddle the clear Silver River past turtles and wild monkeys, and walk the grounds of one of Florida’s oldest tourist attractions, just east of Ocala.
The Canyons Zip Line & Adventure Park
Zip across canyons and spring-fed lakes in a 1920s limestone quarry, or see the same cliffs on horseback or from a kayak.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos: Appleton Museum of Art: Appleton Museum of Art on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing: DanTD on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Fort King National Historic Landmark: C. Rutkosky, Fort King National Historic Landmark on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Gypsy Gold Horse Farm: Thomas Quine on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Sholom Park: Michael Hamments on Unsplash; Silver Springs State Park: Jackdude101 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); The Canyons Zip Line & Adventure Park: Crafts&Rafts. Photos for Santos Trailhead are credited on each guide. The header photo is the Appleton Museum of Art card image.
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