Inverness Florida is located on the east side of beautiful Citrus County Florida. As the county seat Inverness is also a hub of activity and one of the fastest growing communities in Florida. Inverness offers also represents some of the finest waterfront property on the east side of Citrus County.
Inverness Florida real estate is characterized by many Inverness lake front homes and Inverness riverfront homes. The waterfront real estate in Inverness is still reasonably priced within such waterfront communities as Pritchard Island and Gospel Island. Inverness homes vary from the large waterfront estates to quaint subdivisions with tree lined sidewalks.
Inverness offers many great opportunities for families. There are five schools located within Inverness Fla, many of them providing children with after school activities. Several park areas including Cooter Park , Whispering Pines Park and Liberty Park are also popular recreation areas throughout Inverness.
Many of these parks offer baseball fields, tennis courts, soccer fields, basketball courts, swimming pools, and access to biking. running and walking trails as well as fishing piers.
Boating, fishing, canoeing, tubing, and diving are still more of the activities available on the many lakes including the Tsala Apopka Lake chain and Big Lake Henderson.
Inverness, FL is growing in recent years. Many large store chains have opened in Inverness, including Lowes, Super Walmart. Ruby Tuesdays, Applebee's, and Outback Steakhouse.
For entertainment, the Citrus Cinema is located in Inverness and Rock Crusher Canyon is just a short drive, where you can often find great concerts and big name entertainers.
Major metropolitan areas such as Orlando, Gainesville, and Tampa are little over an hour from Citrus County. Ocala Florida is even closer only 30 minutes up State Road 200.
A popular gathering place in Inverness is the Historic Downtown Inverness Square. The original downtown is still intact and used on a daily basis. Many quaint little shops and friendly people, make it easy to feel right at home in the heart of downtown Inverness Florida.
The Inverness Square is also home to the historic old courthouse, recently restored and used as a historical museum. Scenes from the movie "Follow That Dream", starring Elvis Presley were filmed in the old courthouse. Much of Inverness Florida's history is documented within.