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English: This is a locator map showing Highlands County in Florida. For more information, ... The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.
Leesburg is located 44.5 miles NNW of Orlando, 270 miles N of Miami, and 221 miles SW of Tallahassee, the state capital. Several major highways pass through Leesburg, including U.S. Highway 27, U.S. Highway 441 and S.R. 44. Florida's Turnpike passes just to the south and west of Leesburg. Leesburg was on the western leg of the Dixie Highway.
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The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. ' the place of the Gaels ') is a historical region of Scotland. [1] [failed verification] Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
The largest tourist attraction in the Florida Heartland is the Sebring International Raceway, southeast of Sebring in Highlands County. There, the 12 Hours of Sebring , an American Le Mans Series race usually held in the second week of March, drew a "paying crowd" of more than 169,000 in 2006. [ 2 ]
Highlands and Islands is an electoral region of the Scottish Parliament. In the 2007 election, this region was the last to declare its regional votes, which were the decisive results in determining that the Scottish National Party overtook Scottish Labour to obtain the largest representation in the Scottish Parliament by one seat.
Southern Uplands and other geographical areas of Scotland The hills around Durisdeer from the A702 road Looking east across Nithsdale to the Lowther Hills – from Cairnkinna in the Scaur Hills Grey Mare's Tail in the Moffat Hills from the Bodesbeck Ridge in the Ettrick Hills Source of the River Clyde where the Daer Water meets the Potrail Water From Hart Fell looking west to the Devil's Beef Tub.