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Lake Adelaide is a 109-acre (0.44 km 2) lake located in the northwest corner of Highlands County, Florida.It is bounded on the north by Holiday Ranch RV Park, which borders the Polk-Highlands County line, on the east by Adelaide Shores RV Resort and on the west by the Avon Park Lakes residential subdivision.
Location of Highlands County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Highlands County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Highlands County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Avon Park is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 9,658, up from 8,836 at the 2010 census [ 5 ] but down from the 2018 estimated population of 10,695. [ 6 ]
The Avon Park Historic District is a U.S. historic district in Avon Park, Florida. It runs along Main Street from South Delaney Avenue to U.S. 27, encompasses approximately 25 acres (0.10 km 2), and contains 13 historic buildings and 1 object. On March 22, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Avon Park Lakes (APL) is a residential community of about 2,500 people in northwest Highlands County, Florida. [1] It is bounded by Polk County, Florida, on the north and Hardee County, Florida, on the west. On the northeast it is bounded by Lake Adelaide.
On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
Many of the houses on the west side date back perhaps to the 1920s. Almost all the houses have private boat docks or ramps on the lake's shore. Directly to the east is U.S. Highway 27 and a fourth mile to the south is Avon Park, Florida and Stryker Boulevard. To the north is the vacant Lake Byrd Shores housing development.
Lake Brentwood is in northern Highlands County, Florida. The city of Avon Park, Florida, is just to the south and east of the lake. On the south end is Brentwood Mobile Court, which has a private boat ramp. Just south of Brentwood Mobile Court is Stryker Road.