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Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
Dempsie Henley State Jail (Female) Pam Lychner State Jail (originally Atascocita Unit) Lucille G. Plane State Jail (Female) Region IV Fabian Dale Dominguez State Jail; Renaldo V. Lopez State Jail; Joe Ney State Jail (originally the Hondo Unit) Rogelio Sanchez State Jail; Region V Marshall Formby State Jail; J.B. Wheeler State Jail; Region VI ...
Map of the Florida Heartland. The Florida Heartland (also known as South Central Florida) is a region of Florida located to the north and west of Lake Okeechobee, composed of six inland, predominantly rural counties—DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee.
Port Mayaca Cemetery. Located a few miles east of this intersection is the Port Mayaca Cemetery, which was chosen in 1928 as the site for the mass burial of over 1,600 unidentified people who lost their lives in western Palm Beach County as the result of an unnamed Category 5 hurricane in September 1928 and the flooding that ensued after the earthen dikes surrounding Lake Okeechobee collapsed. [2]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,190 square miles (3,100 km 2), of which 1,153 square miles (2,990 km 2) is land and 37 square miles (96 km 2) (3.1%) is water. [17] The county borders Lake Okeechobee; the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail runs through Hendry County. Hendry County is the southernmost county in the ...
State Road 710 (SR 710) is a 57-mile (92 km) northwest-southeast route connecting SR 70 near Okeechobee, three miles (5 km) from the northern tip of Lake Okeechobee in south central Florida, to Old Dixie Highway in Riviera Beach.
The Okeechobee Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections. [ 1 ] Okeechobee has a mix of security levels, including minimum, medium, and close, and houses adult male offenders.
The Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail (LOST) is a 109-mile multi-use path around Lake Okeechobee, the seventh largest lake in the United States and the largest in the state of Florida. The trail began as the Okeechobee Segment of the Florida National Scenic Trail (FNST), a 1,000 mile trail that runs from Miami to Pensacola .