Mountain Lake
Mountain Lake is in Polk County, Inland Florida, Florida. Mountain Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Lake of the Hills, as well as near the neighborhood The Preserve at Lake Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Retiro and Bok Tower Gardens.
El Retiro
Heritage site
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Retiro is a historic site in Lake Wales, Florida. It is located at 1151 Tower Blvd, Lake Wales, FL 33853. The 12,900 square foot house was designed by architect Charles R.
Bok Tower Gardens
Park
Bok Tower Gardens is a 250-acre contemplative garden and bird sanctuary located atop Iron Mountain, north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States, created by Edward Bok in the 1920s.
Iron Mountain
Peak
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 above sea level, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Wales and Waverly.
Lake Wales
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Wales is a small city in eastern Polk County, Florida. The city is in the middle of a long, narrow region known as the Lake Wales Ridge. The Lake Wales Ridge was the first part of the Florida Peninsula to rise above sea level, beginning as a series of small sandy islands not unlike the Florida Keys today.
Waverly
Locality
Waverly is a census-designated place in east-central Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,927 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waverly is situated 3 miles northwest of Mountain Lake.
Mountain Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Polk County, Inland Florida, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
27.93186° or 27° 55′ 55″ northLongitude
-81.58867° or 81° 35′ 19″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
76VWWCJ6+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 83581768OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
4165313
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