Buenaventura Lakes, Florida

About Buenaventura Lakes

Buenaventura Lakes, FL is a small unincorporated community located in central Florida.

Buenaventura Lakes holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.58 square miles.

📰 Buenaventura Lakes News Today

• Drainage upgrades aim to protect Buenaventura Lakes from future floods Spectrum News 13 · Jul 8
• Buenaventura Lakes Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Osceola’s unofficial county tree: the road construction barrel Osceola News Gazette · May 14
• Osceola County receives FEMA money for storm mitigation projects Central Florida Public Media · Mar 12
• Devastated by Irma and Ian, Osceola County gets $13 million in FEMA funding for flood mitigation Orlando Sentinel · Mar 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Buenaventura Lakes Unique

• The only place in America named Buenaventura Lakes — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Florida — one of 956 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Kissimmee (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Buenaventura Lakes

• Applebee's — american
• Rodeo Diner — american
• China King — chinese
• Denny's — american
• Miller's Ale House — american
• Shaka Zulu
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• The Ice Factory of Central Florida · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Buenaventura Lakes

• Archie Gordon Memorial Park reviews ★
• BVL Community Park reviews ★
• 65th Infantry Veteran's Park reviews ★
• Big Merf Park reviews ★
• Campbell Cove Neighborhood Park reviews ★
• Eagle Bay Neighborhood Park reviews ★
• Eagle Bay Park and Recreation reviews ★
• Eagle Park reviews ★
• Fortune Road Complex reviews ★
• Friendship Park reviews ★
• Leisure Park reviews ★
• Parkway Middle School Athletic Fields reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Buenaventura Lakes

🏘️ Nearby Communities