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An annual festival is held during the last weekend of July in Lake Placid, Florida, home to a majority of the world's caladium fields. A popular activity is a tour of the fields of caladiums, the product of local growers.
Lake Placid has 47 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, [6] and 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid. [7] There are 14 caladium farms, spanning 1,200 acres, and these plants have been grown in the area since the 1940s. [8] In 2013, Reader's Digest named Lake Placid America's Most Interesting Town. [9] [10]
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.
Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately seven miles southwest of Lake Placid. This park occupies the entire western shore of Lake June in Winter . Admission and Hours
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Lake Sirena, an oval-shaped lake, has a surface area of 142.85-acre (578,100 m 2). It is on the south side of Lake Placid, Florida. It is on the south side of Lake Placid, Florida. In fact, it is surrounded by the city, but most of its shore and most of the lake is outside the city limits.
This lake, with a 52.13-acre (211,000 m 2) surface area, appeared as a swampy area on older topographical maps, indicating it is a dredged man-made lake. It is in Placid Lakes, a large residential area southwest of the town of Lake Placid, Florida. [1] [2] [3] The public has extremely limited access to Lake August.
The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in the United States, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York. This venue was used for the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics and for the only winter Goodwill Games in 2000.