Address: 761 General Hutchison Pkwy, 32750 Longwood, FL
Website: Big Tree Park
We have a brand new property being built in Longwood Florida The Addison Longwood and the Big Tree Park is a local place to visit close to our new location. When you reach the park, you can take a walk through the natural hydric hammock swamp as you make your way on the boardwalk to the former site of “The Senator” a 3,500-year-old Bald Cypress tree that was lost to a fire in January of 2012. Ever since the “The Senator” was lost forever, a clone of the Senator was planted on the grand reopening day in March 2013 and aptly named “The Phoenix.” A memorial has subsequently been established and contains informational signage along the newly renovated boardwalk, a playground piece that mimics a bald cypress tree stump, and a clone of “The Senator.”
A second Big Tree, Lady Liberty, an approximately 2,000-year-old Bald Cypress Tree is still standing at Big Tree Park and a hike into Spring Hammock. This small park has restrooms, picnic tables, and a boardwalk through the floodplain forest to display the enormous cypresses.
