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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 .
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
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 Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System, located in four separated areas on the Lake Wales Ridge east of US 27 between Davenport and Sebring in Florida. The 1,194 acre (4.8 km 2) refuge was established in 1990, to protect a host of plants and animals. It is also the first ...
Sugarloaf Mountain, located along the western shore of Lake Apopka in Lake County, Florida, is the northernmost named upland associated with the Lake Wales Ridge, a series of sand hills running south to Highlands County. The mountain, really a ridge with rolling dome-like peaks, rises abruptly from the surrounding flat terrain.
Iron Mountain is one of the highest points in peninsular Florida, United States and a prominent point of the Lake Wales Ridge. Rising 295 feet (90 m) above sea level, [1] The mountain contains citronelle, a hematite-containing rock that oxidizes when exposed to air and is responsible for the red-brown color of the earth. [1]
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.
Crooked Lake is one of the largest lakes in Polk County both in terms of area and total volume with a maximum depth of 45 feet (14 m) and over 21.6 billion US gallons (82 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of water. [1] Originally known as Caloosa Lake by some local indigenous tribes, [2] it is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, one of the highest areas in peninsula ...