Lake Placid (Highlands County, Florida)

Lake Placid
Location south of city of Lake Placid, Florida; city limits border north shore of lake
Coordinates 27°14′35″N 81°21′56″W / 27.2431°N 81.3655°W / 27.2431; -81.3655
Type natural freshwater lake
Basin countries United States
Max. length 2.93 miles (4.72 km)
Max. width 1.71 miles (2.75 km)
Surface area 3,406.03 acres (1,378 ha)
Max. depth 57 feet (17 m)
Surface elevation 92 feet (28 m)

[1][2][3][4][5]

Lake Placid, a gourd-shaped lake, has a surface area of 3,406.03 acres (13,783,700 m2). This lake is south of the city of Lake Placid, Florida; it is just outside the south city limits of the city. This lake was once known as Lake Childs. The area immediately surrounding it is mostly rural, but there are housing developments abutting the lake on part of its west side. Placid View Drive runs along part of the west side and Old State Route 8 runs along part of the east side.

Lake Placid provides public access along part of its shore. There are two public boat ramps on shore, one at 150 Harris Drive (on the northeast side) and the other at 3349 Placid View Drive (on the west side of the lake). There no public swimming areas along the lake shore, but it can be fished from the shore. This lake has a variety of game fish: largemouth bass, catfish, bream, bluegill, redear sunfish, blue catfish, crappie.[6]

This lake named Lake Placid is one of a several Lake Placids in Florida, as well as other places.

References

  1. ↑ Florida Lakewatch website, at http://lakewatch.ifas.ufl.edu/RevisedMaps05/HighlandsMaps/PlacidHighlandsMap.pdf .
  2. ↑ "List of Highlands County Lakes," Highlands County Board of County Commissioners website, at http://www.hcbcc.net/departments/parks_and_recreation/docs/Lakes_by_district.pdf .
  3. ↑ Hook and Bullet website, at http://www.hookandbullet.com/fishing-lake-placid-placid-lakes-fl/ .
  4. ↑ Florida Atlas of Lakes, at http://www.wateratlas.usf.edu/atlasoflakes/florida/lake.aspx?wbodyid=1001540 .
  5. ↑ Minimum and Guidance Levels for Lake Placid in Highlands County, Florida, (Brooksville, Florida: Southwest Florida Water Management District, March 24, 2008), p. 5, at https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/projects/mfl/reports/lakes/placid_lake_adopted_mfls_report_24mar2008.pdf .
  6. ↑ Hook and Bullet website.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.