Lake Eola sits in the middle of downtown Orlando, a near-circular spring-fed lake with a 0.9-mile paved path around it and a swan boat concession that has been operating since 1976. The west side of the loop is lined with mature live oaks and bald cypresses, planted in the 1920s when the lake first became a park. The east side is open to the eastern sun off Magnolia Avenue. The geometry of the walk is therefore almost entirely a function of the time you start.
Before 8 AM, the high-rises on Rosalind and Central put a deep building shadow across the eastern path, and the western canopy is doing what canopy does. After 8 the shadow recedes and the west side is the only cover you have. The picks below are all for the 6:30–8:00 window. Coffee on the east side at the Relax Grill; walk it west.