About Summerfield, FL
Summerfield is part of the Ocala Metropolitan area in Marion County, known for horse farms, lakes, and springs. As such, Padua Stables and Century Elevator Co. are major employers. Students attend Marion County Public Schools. Visitors and residents enjoy many equestrian sights and events nearby. Horse Shows in the Park features hunter jumper competitions, attracting competitors from all over Florida, on different weekends from April through August. Families enjoy visiting the Wild Waters Water Park, where the bravest children plunge 40 feet in the Alligator Ambush plume ride. Children's author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a famous past resident, wrote The Yearling, a story of a boy who adopts a fawn, that reflects the rural setting near Summerfield.
