Pioneer Park Lake

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Pioneer Park Lake
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Pioneer Park Lake
Location Pioneer Park, Hardee County, Florida
Coordinates 27°30′04″N81°48′29″W / 27.5010°N 81.8080°W / 27.5010; -81.8080 [1]
Type manmade lake
Surface area80.5 acres (326,000 m2)

Pioneer Park Lake is a lake in Zolfo Springs, Florida. It is located in Pioneer Park and goes by at least two names. It is known as either Pioneer Park Lake or Twin Lakes. Twin Lakes is an inaccurate name, as only one permanent lake exists. The other part of the "twin" is only a very small drainage basin to the northwest of the permanent lake. It only has water during periods of heavy rain. [2]

Area

The permanent lake is man-made, is almost rectangular in shape and has a surface area of 80.5 acres (326,000 m2). The North-East corner has a small fishing dock. The lake is completely surrounded by a walking trail, picnic tables and shelter-houses on the west side of the lake. Directly to the south is Florida State Highway 64 and about 500 feet (150 m) to the west is Peace River, which also winds about the same distance to the north of the lake. There is no boating or swimming allowed in this lake, just fishing.

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Pioneer Park is located in Zolfo Springs, Florida. This park, owned and operated by Hardee County, Florida, is at the northwest corner of US 17 and Florida Highway 64. It is bounded by those two highways and on the north and west by Peace River. Roughly the northern half of the park is wooded.

References

  1. "Pioneer Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved Jan 14, 2021.
  2. "Pioneer Park," in the Yahoo Local website, http://local.yahoo.com/ .