Saddle Oak Club is located in Ocala, a city that is well known for its hundreds of thoroughbred horse farms. Ocala and Marion County are known as the "horse capital of the world." The horse farms are situated in attractive rolling green pastures. The area also features numerous rivers and lakes. Ocala National Forest and the well-known Silver Springs Attraction are nearby.
Residents of Saddle Oak Club can enjoy area activities such as horseback riding, fishing in the numerous lakes, river and streams. Hiking, bicycle trail riding or swimming at the Ocala National Forest, Silver Glen Springs or Juniper Springs. Enjoy beautiful Silver River State Park, whose river bed has long been known as a source for Indian artifacts. Silver Springs is the nature park located nearby and features the largest artesian springs in the world. A water park is located next door to Silver Springs, Wild Waters is the place to cool off in the summer months.
Prefer something more cultural? Tour the Appleton Museum of Art, the focal point of a 44-acre complex that includes the Ocala Civic Theater and Pioneer Garden Club. You can also tour the Austin Carriage Museum, which houses more than 150 antique and reproduction carriages, or Brick City Center for the Arts, where quality and diversity of visual arts is stressed and where the residents can enjoy exhibitions, workshops and special events throughout the year. Don’t forget to catch Central Florida Symphony Orchestra’s “Symphony Under the Stars” and concerts every weekend at Silver Springs Nature Park. For the Drag Racing enthusiast, visit Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing.
Saddle Oak residents enjoy the country lifestyle with access to modern convenience as well. Heath Brook Plaza located directly across from Saddle Oak Club with grocery store access, postal service, banks, haircuts and much more. Market Place of Heath Brook is located 1.5 miles from the community, it is anchored by Dillard’s, Old Navy and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Just 4 miles away is the Paddock Mall with over 90 specialty stores and eateries, anchored by department stores like Macy’s, Burdines, and J.C. Penney’s.
Saddle Oak golf enthusiasts will find Ocala extremely inviting. Golfers can choose from more than 15 public, private and semi-private courses. Pine Oaks and Ocala Municipal Golf Course are two of excellent public courses very popular with Saddle Oak residents, and Golden Ocala Golf & Country Club is designed to duplicate famous holes from Scotland’s St. Andrews course and the Masters Course in Augusta, Georgia. They’re all here waiting for you.
Saddle Oak offers the best of everything, all within an active 55+ lifestyle community! We invite you to stop into the community office and find out why Saddle Oak Club is Ocala’s premier residential community!