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It’s $11 for an hour in the pedal boat — more than enough time to go in circles and look at the downtown skyline twinkling at night.

Visitors can bring their own watercraft or rent a rowboat, canoe, kayak or pedal boat to pilot across the placid waters of the largest freshwater pond in the state.

Pedal boat rentals are for one hour and are priced per person.

Explore Echo Park Lake’s signature lotus beds and fountain on a swan pedal boat.

When I tried to revive an old tradition of taking a pedal boat out on Lake Mary, we had to swerve to avoid armies of paddle boarders, pontoon boat operators and annoyed fishermen.