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Lake Wales is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, [10] a sandy upland area running roughly parallel to both coasts in the center of the peninsula. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 14.0 square miles (36 km 2 ), of which 13.4 square miles (35 km 2 ) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2 ) (4.71%) is water.
The Lake Wales Ridge, sometimes referred to as the Mid-Florida Ridge, [1] is a sand ridge running for about 100 miles (160 km) south to north in Central Florida. Clearly viewable from satellite, the white sands of the ridge are located in Highlands County and Polk County , and also extend north into Osceola , Orange , and Lake Counties .
Sometimes they are simply called Twin Lakes, but sometimes they are individually called Twin Lake West and Twin Lake East. All shores of Twin Lake West are swampy, as is the area between the two lakes. The west shore of Twin Lake East is swampy. The west lake, the larger of the two, has a water area of 18.76-acre (75,900 m 2).
Lake Effie is a very irregularly-shaped lake just west of Highway US 27, on the west edge of Lake Wales, Florida. This lake has a 105-acre (420,000 m 2) surface area. A cove on the west side of Lake Effie is mostly swamp. On the east side is the Florida's Natural Growers Visitor Center, known as the Grove House. Florida's Natural has a large ...
MountainPeaks.net.Mountainpeaks.net, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-29. Notes: All Northern Florida Highlands peaks and Brooksville Ridge peaks except Citrus County High Point, Frazee Hill, Oak Hill, Pasco County High Point (Unnamed peak near Jessamine Lake Northeast), and Unnamed Peak southeast of Brooksville
The 26,563-acre (107 km 2) forest is located on the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida, within Polk County near Frostproof. The state forest consists of two large tracts, separated by 2 miles. The Walk in Water Tract, adjoining Lake Weohyakapka (Lake Walk in Water), contains the largest contiguous area of ridge sandhill in public
Mountain Lake is a private community and U.S. historic district north of the City of Lake Wales, Florida, United States, off the FL 17 (formerly US 27A) Scenic Highway. Mountain Lake was founded in 1915, with major development of the property commencing in the 1920s. It was designated as a historic district in August 1993.
Lake Kissimmee is a lake located about 15 mi (24 km) east of Lake Wales, Florida, USA. The lake is almost entirely in Osceola County, but the western shore, and a small part of the lake, is in Polk County. Lake Kissimmee State Park is rich with wildlife, including bald eagles, white tailed deer, alligators, ospreys, bobcats, turkeys, and ...