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Lake Wales is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, [10] a sandy upland area running roughly parallel to both coasts in the center of the peninsula. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 14.0 square miles (36 km 2 ), of which 13.4 square miles (35 km 2 ) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2 ) (4.71%) is water.
Chalet Suzanne (once known as the Carleton Club) is a historic site in Lake Wales, Florida. It is located at 3800 Chalet Suzanne Drive. It is located at 3800 Chalet Suzanne Drive. On July 24, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
From east of Bartow to Lake Wales is simply called SR 60. In Lake Wales it is called West Polk, although it changes to Hesperides Road in eastern Lake Wales and east of the city. Simply signed SR 60 until Interstate 95. Stan Mayfield Memorial Highway from the Florida Turnpike to I-95. [9] Richard Raczkoski Memorial Highway from I-95 to 43rd ...
After passing by Warner University, Crooked Lake Park, and CR 640, US 27 becomes slightly less rural as it approaches an unnumbered partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 60 in Lake Wales. North of this point, US 27 becomes a six-lane highway and remains that way until reaching SR 540 in Waverly , where the road narrows down to four lanes again.
The Lake Wales Historic Residential District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on August 8, 1997) located in Lake Wales, Florida. The district is bounded by the Seaboard Airline RR grade, CSX RR tracks, East Polk Avenue, South and North Lake Shore Boulevards. It contains 206 historic buildings.
Bok Tower Gardens is a 250-acre (100 ha) contemplative garden and bird sanctuary located atop Iron Mountain, north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States, created by Edward Bok in the 1920s.
The Lake Wales Ridge, sometimes referred to as the Mid-Florida Ridge, [1] is a sand ridge running for about 100 miles (160 km) south to north in Central Florida. Clearly viewable from satellite, the white sands of the ridge are located in Highlands County and Polk County , and also extend north into Osceola , Orange , and Lake Counties .
Lake Kissimmee State Park is a 5,930-acre (24 km 2) Florida State Park located north of State Road 60, 15 miles (24 km) east of Lake Wales. It contains floodplain, forest, prairie, hammock, flatwoods and Lakes Kissimmee, Tiger, and Rosalie. The park is home to 50 species of plants and animals that are either threatened, of special concern or ...