County Road 523 (Osceola County, Florida)

Osceola County Road 523, which is mostly named Canoe Creek Road, is the primary route between the city of Saint Cloud, Florida, USA, in northern Osceola County, and the ghost town of Kenansville in the county's lower reaches. The county road crosses Florida's Turnpike via two overpasses but offers no access to the freeway itself. Osceola CR 523 crosses some of Florida's most undeveloped countryside and gives the traveler a more rustic appreciation of the old Florida. At the road's end in Kenansville and the junction with U.S. Highway 441, the traveller can see more of the old Florida with the Heartbreak Hotel, Kenansville Library, and other ghost buildings. At the junction with US 441, the traveller can head either north to Holopaw or south to Yeehaw Junction where Florida's Turnpike crosses S.R. 60.

Canoe Creek Road is currently part of the Florida National Scenic Trail Western Corridor route through Osceola County. Hikers walking along the road will see an abundance of wildlife in the cattle ranches and sod farms, including osprey, wild turkey and sandhill cranes. The ranches and farms are punctuated by cypress domes which look like hills in the distance.