Winter Garden is 14 miles west of Orlando on State Road 50 in western Orange County. The city’s population is slightly more than 45,000. In the past its economy depended largely on citrus and vegetable production.
This economy was helped when the Orange Belt Railway was completed and came through town in the 1880s. The prosperous citrus days are gone and so is the railroad. Its tracks have been turned into a 22-mile long multi-use trail that is the centerpiece of the charming downtown district.