Parks and trails that are open include Big Tree Park, Red Bug Lake Park, the Seminole Wekiva Trail and the Cross Seminole Trail. Flood waters from the Wekiva River have inundated Wekiva Island in ...

Best Boardwalk Trails in Orlando & Central Florida 1. Big Tree Park – Longwood. As the name implies, this park is surrounded by big trees that provide coverage throughout the boardwalk and ...

The tree — dubbed “The Senator” in 1927 after a state lawmaker donated the land on which it sits — was found at Big Tree Park in Longwood until 2012. ... (Florida State Library and Archives) ...

Why is The Senator still standing after some 3,500 years? Because the giant bald cypress at Big Tree Park in the Spring Hammock Preserve near Longwood is old, and it’s been old for a very long time.

LONGWOOD, Fla. – Investigators are ruling out arson after one of the world's oldest cypress trees caught fire and collapsed in central Florida. Division of Forestry spokesman Cliff Frazier tells ...

The tree — dubbed “The Senator” in 1927 after a state lawmaker donated the land on which it sits — was found at Big Tree Park in Longwood until 2012. "The Senator" was considered one of ...

LONGWOOD, Fla. — One of the world’s oldest cypress trees, estimated to be 3,500 years old, collapsed early Monday after catching fire in Florida. The 119-foot-tall bald cypress — … ...

Sara Barnes, 26, of Winter Park, Fla., was taken into custody on Tuesday for allegedly setting a fire to the 118-foot-tall bald cypress tree named "The Senator" in Longwood's Big Tree Park while ...

Seminole County firefighter Al Caballero applies water to the smoldering base of one of the world's oldest cypress trees, thought to be 3,500 years old, at Big Tree Park in Longwood, Fla., Monday ...

LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP ... one of the world's oldest cypress trees caught fire and collapsed in central Florida. ... a 1920s state senator who donated what is now Big Tree Park to the county ...

LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) -- Investigators are ruling out arson after one of the world's oldest cypress trees caught fire and collapsed in central Florida.