Bok Tower Gardens
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.- Type: Park
- Description: garden and bird sanctuary in Florida, United States
- Also known as: “Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iron Mountain and El Retiro.
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.
El Retiro
Heritage site
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Retiro is a historic residence at 1151 Tower Boulvard in Lake Wales, Florida, United States. On December 12, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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 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. As of the 2020 census, Waverly had a population of 661. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waverly is situated 3 miles northwest of Bok Tower Gardens.
Bok Tower Gardens
- Categories: botanical garden, heritage site, tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Polk County, Inland Florida, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
27.93644° or 27° 56′ 11″ northLongitude
-81.57595° or 81° 34′ 33″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Inception
1929Operator
Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, Inc.Open location code
76VWWCPF+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 626479006OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Bok Tower Gardens” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bok Tower Gardens”
- French: “Bok Tower Gardens”
- German: “Bok Tower Gardens”
- Japanese: “ボック・タワー・ガーデンズ”
- Persian: “باغ برج بوک”
- Spanish: “Jardines de la Torre Bok”
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