Craft Access
✓
Motorboat ✓
Kayak / Canoe ✗
Jet Ski / PWC ✗
Large 22ft+ Site Details
Conditions change rapidly due to water levels, prop wash, and weather. Always visually inspect before backing down.
RampConcrete (good per FWC), 2 lanes
DockFixed launch and staging docks
Trailer Parking17 spots · paved
Vehicle-Only19 spots
Crowding Quiet county-park rhythm — 17 trailer spots shared with campers and picnickers, busiest on winter and spring weekends. Daytime gates keep the tournament crowd elsewhere.
Plan B — if this lot is full Lake Jem Park (Lake County, free, 24 hours, about 3 miles by road) launches into the Apopka-Beauclair Canal a lock-free mile south of Beauclair — single lane, no docks, 5 trailer spots that fill early on winter mornings; its page lives under Lake Apopka. On Lake Dora — connected, lock-free water — Wooton Park West in Tavares is open 24 hours; Mount Dora's Simpson Cove is FWC-listed Temporarily Closed as of July 2026.
FeeNo fee for day use (camping $13.50–$23/site, reservations required)
HoursDaytime use only — gates 8 a.m.–8 p.m. summer, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. winter (per county parks page)
SeasonOpen year-round
RestroomsModern restroom (1)
AccessibilityAccessible flush restrooms per FWC, but FWC rates the site 'Low Level of Accessibility' overall.
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
County-Line Park
Beauclair lies in Lake County, but its only direct ramp is run by Orange County — Trimble Park, 5802 Trimble Park Road, at the county line in Mount Dora. Two concrete lanes, fixed docks, 17 paved trailer spots, flush restrooms, grills and pavilions, free for day use. Camping and pavilion questions: 407-254-1982 or TrimbleCamping@ocfl.net.
The Isthmus Ramp
The park straddles a narrow neck between Lake Beauclair and Lake Carlton, so some databases file it under Carlton. FWC and Orange County both put the ramp on Beauclair — and since Carlton connects by water, you can fish both without re-trailering. No public ramp launches into Carlton, so this is the door for that water too.
Camp and Fish
Nearly 64 acres of moss-draped oaks with tent and RV sites (RVs to 35 feet, reservations required; $23/site non-resident, $18 for Orange County residents, senior discounts). The classic play: camp here, fish Beauclair's grass at first gate, and idle to Carlton or through to Dora when the wind decides for you.
Mind the Gates
Daytime use only — typically 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in summer, closing 6 p.m. in winter. That rules out the gray-light launch topwater anglers want; if first light matters, Lake Jem Park on the canal (24 hours, lock-free to Beauclair) is the workaround.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory row OR70016CP (re-verified 2026-07-27), Orange County boat-ramp directory & August 2025 Trimble Park newsroom feature, Orange County parks page (hours/fees), FWC Harris Chain access list, Florida Hikes (isthmus geography), USGS gauge 02237701 (lock position for the Lake Jem routing).
About This Lake
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