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This south Florida resort offers serenity and seclusion
in a rural, country setting, and features five stocked fishing lakes
and an abundance of Florida wildlife.
Robins Nest RV Resort is just about five miles from Lake Okeechobee,
the second largest fresh water lake in the United States. Known
as the bass fishing capital, the lake is rated the best
in the nation, with a catch success rate twice the national standard.
At just 15 feet above sea level, Lake Okeechobee is a 750-square
mile fresh-water lake filled with bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish.
The lake was named by the Seminole Indians and means Big Water.
It is just a 75-mile trip south from here in the heart of south
Florida to the Greater Miami Area and its many attractions.
Many other interesting attractions are also within
easy driving distance of the resort.Bok Tower Gardens, one of Floridas
most famous landmarks, is north of the resort at Lake Wales. The
historic bell tower houses one of the worlds great carillons.
Surrounded by 128 acres of gardens of azaleas, camellias, magnolias,
and other flowering plants, the park is home to a colony of wood
ducks and 126 other wild bird species.
South of the resort is the Big Cypress National Preserve, 2,400
acres of swamp land between Naples and Miami. It extends from Everglades
National Park north to a point seven miles north of I-75. A variety
of habitats and animal life can be viewed from scenic drives or
hiking trails.
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