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No other town in Florida has quite Clermont’s relationship with performance. The National Training Center sits on three hundred acres with a velodrome and an Olympic pool, USA Triathlon uses it as an official site, and the hills that make it possible come from the Lake Wales Ridge running underneath. On any given morning somebody near you is doing hill repeats and somebody else is checking a heart rate.
Growing up inside that has real advantages. Children here see adults training seriously, and they inherit the idea that effort is worth something. What they get less of is an outing with no metric attached at all — nothing to improve at, nothing to time, nothing anybody is going to compare afterward.
That is the whole proposition forty-five minutes east. Cattle across open pasture. Alpacas, donkeys, pigs, goats, chickens and rabbits at the rail, waiting on the optional feed sold at the gate or online. A Tractor-Drawn Wagon Ride heading out through the trees, and a playground in the shade of old oaks. Entry is $18 for anyone 2 and older, free below, covering the entire property. Nobody records anything and nothing has a finish line.
Coni and Bob Keyes started Green Meadows in 1988 on shaded ground in Kissimmee. Through nearly thirty years it stood as one of the fixed points of childhood across this part of Florida — school buses on weekday mornings, birthday parties on Saturdays, and countless parents who simply wanted everyone outdoors. Then it closed, and seven years passed with the gap unfilled.
The farm works again at Lancaster Ranch Park, backed by the City of Kissimmee, and the reopening protected what mattered rather than reinventing it. Cattle, alpacas, donkeys, pigs, goats, chickens and rabbits are all near enough for a child to put a hand out. The wagon ride still tracks out across the pasture. The old oaks still hold the heat down. Broader ground, unchanged idea.
You will find us at Lancaster Ranch Park, 1881 Jack Calhoun Drive, Kissimmee, FL 34741, roughly thirty-eight miles and about forty-five minutes east of Clermont, generally down US-27 and across to the 192 corridor. The road drops off the Ridge into flat ranch country, which is a change of scene worth noticing.
Choose the day first. Gates open Wednesday to Friday, 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM, and Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM, with Monday and Tuesday closed. Last entry is 1:00 PM Wednesday through Friday and 2:00 PM on weekends. From Clermont the midweek window gives three hours after a forty-five minute drive, so weekends generally sit better. Wednesday does bring Grandparents Day, one grandparent free alongside each paid general admission, right through the year.
Pack lunch beforehand. No cafe operates on the property, only vending machines, so make up a picnic and bring plenty of water, then take one of the shaded tables kept for it. Sun hats, sunscreen and closed shoes for the whole party. Anyone accustomed to a long morning on the South Lake Trail already knows how to dress for time spent outdoors here.
Then drive east. Tickets go online in advance or over the counter on arrival, and general admission needs no booking at all. Entry sits at $18 per person from age 2, free below, with every major credit card accepted and no cash taken anywhere. Between 10 and 19 guests the rate is $15 each, dropping to $12 each from 20 upward on a reservation, with one admission free for every 20 paid. Worth asking about the annual pass if you suspect you will repeat this. Animal feed is an optional extra, bought at the gate or added to your tickets online.
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Each fall the Pumpkin Zone opens and becomes the liveliest corner of the farm. To be clear about what it is: not a pumpkin patch, and not something we grow. Every paying guest chooses a pumpkin from the Zone and takes it home free with the ticket, with nothing weighed and nothing added. The Zone is open every day we are open through the whole season rather than on a handful of weekends. Our Halloween Candy Hunt happens across 2 weekends around Halloween.
Birthday parties ask remarkably little of you. Settle the date and time and pay in full, and your tent is reserved for your celebration. Tents cost $450 and take up to 25 guests, further guests at $15 apiece, with four running each day across Saturday and Sunday and tables already positioned. Every guest ranges over the entire farm, so the animals, the wagon ride and the playground carry the entertaining while you arrange none of it. Decorating and catering stay with you. Worth passing on to guests: pony rides and lettuce for the animals are optional extras, bought at the gate or added to your tickets online, and the celebration is held outdoors throughout.
Group visits suit the distance well, and plenty of Lake County schools and clubs arrive that way. Rates run $15 per person from 10 to 19 guests and $12 per person from 20 upward with a reservation, plus one free admission per 20 paid. Easter Egg Hunts appear in spring alongside other seasonal events across the year, all published to our Special Events page and released first through Facebook and Instagram. Settling up beforehand clears a large party through the entrance considerably quicker.
We are at Lancaster Ranch Park, 1881 Jack Calhoun Drive, Kissimmee, FL 34741, roughly thirty-eight miles and about forty-five minutes east of Clermont. Most families run down US-27 and cut across toward the 192 corridor.
That is far enough to plan rather than decide over breakfast, particularly midweek when we shut at 1:00 PM. A weekend buys you one more hour here. Do check your maps app before setting out, since US-27 changes considerably depending on the time of day.
Entry runs $18 per person for everybody aged 2 and above, with children under 2 admitted free. That one ticket opens the whole farm — every animal, the wagon ride and the playground — with nothing further charged inside and no parking fee. Carry a card, since no cash is accepted on site.
Larger parties pay less each: $15 apiece from 10 to 19 guests, and $12 apiece from 20 upward when reserved, which also carries one free admission per 20 paid. An annual pass covers unlimited visits across a full year from purchase. Animal feed is an optional few dollars at the gate, or added to your tickets online — and it is where most mornings genuinely begin.
Not here. Green Meadows is a petting farm, not a pumpkin patch, and we grow no pumpkins. The Pumpkin Zone is what opens each fall, and every paying guest chooses a pumpkin from it and takes it home included with admission.
Clermont is a town where a great deal gets timed, measured and recorded. Nothing here is. There is no pumpkin to weigh, no upgrade to consider and no clock running, and the Zone is open every day we are open instead of weekends only. Our Halloween Candy Hunt falls on 2 weekends close to Halloween. The dates are listed on the Special Events page and are announced first on Facebook and Instagram.
We do, and happily. Choose your date and time, pay up front, and your tent is reserved for your celebration. It costs $450 and holds up to 25 guests, with further guests at $15 apiece, and four stand ready each day on Saturdays and Sundays with tables laid out.
Since guests roam the entire farm, the entertaining resolves itself before you arrange a thing. The animals, the wagon ride and the playground divide the work between them. Tents arrive undecorated, so the styling and the menu are wholly your decision. Do warn guests that pony rides and lettuce for the animals are optional extras, paid for at the gate or online with your tickets. Weekend tents vanish quickly through fall.
A picnic, before anything else. There is no cafe here, only vending machines, and it surprises a great many first-time visitors. Shaded picnic tables stand ready for precisely that, and a meal in the open with cattle beyond the rail makes a fine half hour. Carry more water than seems necessary, especially across the summer.
Otherwise dress everyone for farm ground rather than a day out: closed shoes, sun hats and sunscreen. Old oaks cover most of the property, so it runs cooler here than the forecast would have you believe, though Florida decides these things for itself. If the sky looks unconvincing before you leave Clermont, call (407) 994-2775 and we will tell you honestly whether to come.
It stretches wider than most children’s outings manage. The youngest stay at the rail with a bag of feed for far longer than parents anticipate, and the under-2s come in free. Older children move on to the wagon ride and the playground once the animals have had their turn, and there is enough ground to walk that nobody feels hemmed in.
Adults fare well too, which cannot be said of everywhere built for children. There is shade, somewhere to sit, and no pace being set by anyone. Bring grandparents on a Wednesday and one is admitted free alongside each paid admission, which makes a three-generation morning simple to put together from Clermont.
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