Black Lake (Florida)

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Black Lake
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Black Lake
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Black Lake
Location Winter Garden, Florida
Coordinates 28°31′03″N81°34′17″W / 28.51750°N 81.57139°W / 28.51750; -81.57139 [1]
Basin  countries United States
Max. length3,150 ft (960 m)
Max. width1,875 ft (572 m)
Surface area116 acres (47 ha)
Average depth12 ft (3.7 m)
Water volume582,100,992 US gal (2.20349195×109 L; 484,700,469 imp gal) [2]

Black Lake, connected to nearby Lake Tilden , [3] is a 233-acre natural freshwater lake on the west side of Orlando, Florida, in Orange County, Florida. This lake, with some swampy shores, meets Black Lake on its northwest side. To the south side of the lake is Florida State Road 429, a toll highway. Residential housing developments are on the southwest and north sides of the lake. The entire lake is surrounded by private property, so there is no public access to this lake.

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References

  1. Orange County Wateratlas, at https://orange.wateratlas.usf.edu/lake/?wbodyid=140396&wbodyatlas=lake .
  2. Orange County Wateratlas.
  3. Orange County Water Atlas.