Located just 25 miles northwest of Orlando, the City of Mount Dora offers a balanced community of commercial development, convenient services, and lovely residential neighborhoods. Healthcare needs can be met just five miles from home in Eustis at the Florida Hospital in Waterman. Throughout the area, doctors and dentists represent most major specialties. In addition to local shopping, the city offers a recreation complex and several lush parks equipped with a wide variety of facilities. Children's playgrounds, tennis and racquetball courts, a heated swimming pool, picnic areas, shuffleboard courts, nature walks, fitness trails, croquet, fishing, a boat dock and ramp, and a lighthouse are among the attractions. Mount Dora is ideally located near a chain of lakes that connect with the inland waterway as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Galleries and museums as well as camp sites in lakefront parks, golf courses, and boat cruises are all available close to home.