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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.
Mallard Lake (Florida) Lake Mary Jane (Highlands County, Florida) Lake McCoy; McKissack Ponds; Lake Miccosukee; Lake Minnehaha; Lake Minneola; Mirror Lake (Lake Placid) Lake Monroe (Florida) Moody Lake; Lake Morton (Florida) Mud Lake (Florida) Mud Lake (Highlands County, Florida) Lake Murphy (Florida)
Lake Seminole is a freshwater lake in urban Pinellas County in the U.S. state of Florida. The lake is located in the city of Seminole, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Tampa. Lake Seminole is the second largest lake in Pinellas County (after Lake Tarpon), with a surface area of 700 acres (2.8 km 2). [2]
The name of Lake Welaka is taken from "Welaka" (meaning "chain of lakes"), the name for the St. Johns River in Muskogee language of the Seminole. [2] The first European to visit the lake was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who as the Spanish governor of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in the spring of 1596.
The main attraction is its "cow camp" where visitors can learn about 1876 era Florida cowboys. The Joe Overstreet Road access to the lake is an internationally known area for birdwatching, with sandhill cranes, introduced whooping cranes, bald eagles, black vultures, and shorebirds prominent. There are at least five islands in the lake.
Views of Lake Apopka from its southern shore; 2004 and 2011 respectively. Lake Apopka, as viewed from a commercial flight on January 21, 2012. Aerial of downtown Orlando, Florida. Lake Apopka is seen in the upper-right of the photo. Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [1]
Kingsley Lake is an almost perfectly circular lake of about 2,000 acres (810 ha) in North East Florida, located inside Clay County about six miles (9.7 km) east of Starke, Florida. According to some sources, it is the oldest and highest lake in Florida, [ 3 ] located on the edge of the Trail Ridge formation.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Lakes of Florida. It includes lakes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of ...