点评:This Lake has made so much progress from when I first saw it in 97. Just this morning , I saw an otter playing on the shoreline. The key to enjoying Lake Apopka is to know what to expect. If you are going through the wildlife drive, expect two hours of very slow, very peaceful open space scenery. Pack some snacks have plenty of gas, and enjoy Wie open views across the lake, birds, gators, otters, eagles, and even other folks working their way through the drive. Early .morning or late afternoon may be best. Be warned, late afternoon usually spawns so.e pretty cool rainstorms that come across the north shore of the lake. Really cool to see. Before, or after the trail, grab some breakfast or lunch in downtown winter garden, or Mt Dora, some really neat restaurants and shoppes at each place. Mt Verde has a small eatery or two and there is a really good diner in the middle of nowhere on the north side of the lake as well.
If you are going boating on the lake to see the spring, see the Buffalo, (you read that correctly), see the gators, or fish, parts of the lake are very shallow, maybe 2 ft or so with a lot of muck, especially the northeast side of the lake. However, if you stay along the shoreline it can get pretty deep everywhere except the northeast part of thr lake. Along the eastern shore from fishermans paradise all.of the way towards the sewer plantz I see waters of 6 to 12 ft deep directly off shore. Then ii gets shallow if you are heading to the winter garden dock. If you put in at winter garden. Head west. After the first ten houses on the left their is a channel right off the shoreline along where all of the docks are. That channel is between 6 to 20.ft deep.and goes almost all.of the way to the springs. I see people go further out in the.lake and almost get stuck, when if they go along the shoreline it much deeper. Once you get past the witner garden dock and 20 houses or so on the left, the entire western part of the lake tends to be much easier to biat with water of 3 to 5 feet and over 6 feet in many places. Finally, you absolutely must take the canal connecting Lake Apopka to Mt Dora chain. It is easy to navigate and takes just shy of an hour. Easier than driving on a road. Make sure you do that earlier in the day as the locks close around five o clock in the afternoon on some days. Enjoy this lake, it is beautiful once you know what to expect.
翻译:从 97 年我第一次看到它以来,这个湖已经发生了很大的变化。就在今天早上,我看到一只水獭在岸边玩耍。享受阿波普卡湖的关键是要知道会发生什么。如果您要进行野生动物驱车游,那么预计两个小时的游玩时间会非常缓慢、非常宁静,视野开阔。带上一些零食,准备好足够的汽油,欣赏湖对面的开阔景色,鸟儿、鳄鱼、水獭、鹰,甚至其他人也在驱车游玩。清晨或傍晚可能是最佳时间。请注意,傍晚通常会有几场相当酷的暴雨袭击湖北岸。真的很酷。在游览之前或之后,可以在市中心的冬季花园或 Mt Dora 吃早餐或午餐,每个地方都有一些非常不错的餐厅和商店。Mt Verde 有一两家小餐馆,湖北侧的偏僻地方也有一家非常好的餐馆。
如果您要乘船在湖上观赏泉水、野牛(您没看错)、鳄鱼或鱼类,那么湖的某些部分非常浅,大概只有 2 英尺左右,而且有很多淤泥,尤其是湖的东北侧。但是,如果您沿着湖岸走,除了湖的东北部以外,其他地方的水都很深。沿着东岸,从渔夫天堂一直到污水处理厂,我看到离岸的水深 6 到 12 英尺。然后,如果您要前往冬季花园码头,水会变浅。如果您在冬季花园下船,向西走。经过左边的前十栋房子后,沿着所有码头所在的海岸线有一条水道。该水道深 6 到 20 英尺,几乎一直延伸到泉水。我看到有人在湖中走得更远,差点被困住,而如果他们沿着海岸线走,水会深得多。经过威特纳花园码头和左侧的 20 栋左右的房子后,整个湖的西部就容易多了,水深 3 至 5 英尺,许多地方甚至超过 6 英尺。最后,您一定要走连接阿波普卡湖和多拉山链的运河。这条运河很容易航行,只需不到一个小时。比在路上开车要容易。一定要在当天早些时候这样做,因为有些日子,船闸会在下午五点左右关闭。好好享受这个湖吧,一旦你知道会发生什么,它就会变得很美。