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Two major central Florida roadways that run near the lake are State Road 415 and Interstate 4. It forms the border of Seminole County and Volusia County It is the 8th largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area, after Lake Jesup, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. Roadways on the lake that suffered intense flooding due to Tropical Storm Fay in 2008.
Lake Monroe is an unincorporated community in Seminole County, Florida, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 32747. [2]The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (JT&KW) completed a bridge over the St. Johns River just north of Lake Monroe in 1886.
Lake Monroe, a large lake at 15 square miles (39 km 2) with an average depth of 8 feet (2.4 m), drains a surrounding watershed of 2,420 square miles (6,300 km 2). [21] Sanford has adapted to the lake by building some of its downtown area on the waterfront; citizens use boat transportation and Sanford's public dock to commute into town. [22]
Lake Monroe may refer to one of the following places in the United States: Lake Monroe, Florida, unincorporated community; Lake Monroe (Florida) in Florida, a lake on the St. Johns River; Lake Monroe (Mississippi) in Monroe County, Mississippi; Monroe Lake in Monroe and Brown counties, Indiana
Hiking columnist Susan Anderson chose a warm, sunny day to visit a Lake Monroe peninsula open to visitors during the week.
In this survey, Cossa created an enormous map in which he renamed Lake George (now Lake Monroe) to Laguna Valdez. Although this name did not persist, pre-American land deeds referred to what is now Lake Monroe as Valdez. [4] In 1928, Florida Power & Light began constructing a power plant in Valdez on the north shore of the St. Johns river. [3] ^
A very tall platform was erected at Lake Monroe a few years back in hopes of making a nesting area that would appeal to the ospreys. Carol Kugler wrote about it in The Herald-Times in 2020. It was ...
Green Springs Park is located near the north shore of Lake Monroe, approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Interstate 4 in Enterprise, Florida. The spring supplies fresh water to Lake Monroe from the Florida aquifer. The spring basin is about 70 feet (21 m) wide [3] by about 76 feet (23 m) deep.