Present Day
Today, Yeehaw Junction is known as a major stopping point for tourists on the Florida's Turnpike who want to purchase conditional discount tickets for various tourist attractions in the Orlando area. The Turnpike exit links with Florida State Road 60, an important traffic route going from Vero Beach on the Atlantic to Tampa and St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast. The Turnpike exit is the southern end of the longest stretch of limited-access highway without an exit in the United States (the next interchange to the north being 48.9 miles away at Kissimmee/St. Cloud) and the northern end of the second-longest such stretch (the next exit to the south being 40.5 miles away at Fort Pierce).
Since the population is not large enough to support its own schools, children in the community formaly could choose to attend Osceola County School District which may be over an hour bus ride for students (the nearest public school is located in St. Cloud), or be bused to closer schools in Indian River County or Okeechobee County.
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