The town
Auburndale sits between Lakeland and Winter Haven on the chain of lakes that gives the corridor its name, with a small downtown on Lake Ariana and Camp Margaritaville's marina and RV resort on its southern edge.
It's a 30-minute drive northwest from Lake Wales — more of a pass-through than a destination on its own, but worth the stop for the lakefront park and the drive along Lake Myrtle.