Twin Lakes
The Twin Lakes of Lake Wales, Florida, are two small natural freshwater lakes on the south side of the city. Sometimes they are simply called Twin Lakes, but sometimes they are individually called Twin Lake West and Twin Lake East.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Wales Municipal Airport and Lake Wales Medical Center.
Lake Wales Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lake Wales Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located 2 miles west of the central business district of the city of Lake Wales in Polk County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned.
Lake Wales Medical Center
Hospital
AdventHealth Lake Wales is a non-profit hospital campus in Lake Wales, Florida, United States owned by AdventHealth. The medical facility is a tertiary and primary stroke center that has multiple specialties.
Lake Wales High School
School
Lake Wales High School is a high school located in Lake Wales, Florida, serving the city of Lake Wales and nearby communities such as Frostproof, Dundee, and Winter Haven, Florida. It is part of Lake Wales Charter Schools.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Wales and Crooked Lake Park.
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.
Crooked Lake Park
Village
Crooked Lake Park is a census-designated place in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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 5 miles north of Twin Lakes.
Twin Lakes
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake of Polk County, Florida, United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: Polk County, Inland Florida, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
27.894° or 27° 53′ 38″ northLongitude
-81.59506° or 81° 35′ 42″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
76VWVCV3+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 238012068OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
4175999Wikidata ID
Q14686458
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In Other Languages
“Twin Lakes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Twin Lakes (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Florida, Polk County, lat 27,89, long -81,59)”
- Cebuano: “Twin Lakes”
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