Mirror Lake (Lake Placid)

Mirror Lake
Location	on south side of city of Lake Placid, Florida; city limits border south shore of lake
Coordinates	27°16′33″N 81°21′37″W / 27.2757°N 81.3603°W
Type	natural freshwater lake
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	3,410 feet (1,040 m)
Max. width	1,720 feet (520 m)
Surface area	93.15 acres (38 ha)
Max. depth	41 feet (12 m)
Surface elevation	95 feet (29 m)

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Mirror Lake, a figure-eight-shaped lake, has a surface area of 93.15 acres (377,000 m²). This lake is on the south edge of the city of Lake Placid, Florida. The area immediately surrounding it is mostly rural, but there are housing developments abutting the lake on part of its south side. Mirror Lake Drive runs just south of the lake and just south of that is Lake Placid, a much larger lake.

Mirror Lake provides public access along part of its southern shore. There are no public boat ramps or public swimming beaches along this lake. This lake can be fished where there is public access, but there is no information about the variety of fish in the lake. This lake is one of several lakes in Florida named Mirror Lake.

References

1. Florida Lakewatch website, at http://lakewatch.ifas.ufl.edu/RevisedMaps05/HighlandsMaps/MirrorHighlandsMap.pdf .
2. "List of Highlands County Lakes," Highlands County Board of County Commissioners website, at http://www.hcbcc.net/departments/parks_and_recreation/docs/Lakes_by_district.pdf .
3. Hook and Bullet website, at http://www.hookandbullet.com/fishing-mirror-lake-lake-placid-fl/ .
4. Florida Atlas of Lakes, at http://www.wateratlas.usf.edu/atlasoflakes/florida/lake.aspx?wbodyid=1001336 .
5. Flood Insurance Study: Highlands County, Florida (N.p.: Federal Emergency Management Agency, March 19, 2012), p. 23, at http://www.bakeraecom.com/wp-content/upLoads/2012/03/12055CV000A_Prelim_FIS.pdf .