Around the Lake June West Area

Lake Placid

Lake Placid has a hometown atmosphere with friendly folks and business owners. It is filled with many fun and interesting things to do. It is the “Caladium Capital of the World” with beautiful caladium fields and a Caladium Festival in August of each year. Our town is also known as the “Town of Murals” with 42 hand painted murals including Melvin Dewey of New York, known for changing the name of then Lake Stearns to Lake Placid back in 1928. Since Lake Placid is also known for citrus and cattle, there is even the popular Cattlemens Mural with sound effects. There are also numerous antique shops, home style restaurants, and local merchants.

With the “Toby the Clown” School located on the Town Circle, you may even be greeted by a clown as you walk down the sidestreets.

In nearby Sebring, (less than 15 minutes away) you can visit one of the State’s award winning parks – Highlands Hammock State Park or even the world famous Sebring International Raceway and Regional Airport. The Sebring Raceway is well known for its big race “The 12 Hours of Sebring”. There is also plenty of shopping to include national retailers such as Home Depot, Lowes, WalMart, Michaels Crafts, J.C. Penney, and other specialty stores.

You will also enjoy shopping at the quaint local retail and antique shops. Sebring features many national restaurants to include Starbucks, Red Lobster, Chilies, Outback Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Panera Bread, and Cowboys. Don’t miss the locally owned restaurants where you will find some of the best home cooked food in Central Florida. The Watering Hole in south Sebring is famous for its sizzling steaks and Italian specialties.

For your cultural interests you will appreciate the interesting artwork and plays at the Highlands Little Theatre, the Cultural Center, and the Highlands County Art League. Your children and grandchildren will enjoy the Highlands Children’s Museum. South Florida Community College also offers a musical enrichment series with well known local talents.

Highlands Hammock

Highlands Hammock is one of Florida's oldest parks, opening to the public in 1931. Many visitors enjoy bicycling or hiking along the park's nine trails. An elevated boardwalk traverses an old-growth cypress swamp. For equestrians, there is an 11-mile, day-use trail. Highlands Hammock offers a full-facility campground. A full-service restaurant is located on the park grounds.

Boating

There are over 80 named lakes in Highlands County most of which have access for fishing, boating, sailing, water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing and swimming. There are a number of water ski and wakeboard clubs. Lake June West is the only community in a resort setting with its own private Accufloat slalom ski course right out your back door.

Fishing

Central Florida is world famous for its large mouth bass fishing. Many of the lakes including Lake June, Lake Placid and Lake Istapoga challenge anglers to reel in bass in excess of 10 lbs. There are local tournaments sponsored by fishing clubs such as Ridge Anglers and Highlands Bass Anglers. Ridge Anglers sponsors one tournament per month from January through November. Some local clubs have smaller tournaments and fish on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday all season long.

Golf

Less than a nine iron shot away from the Lake June West town homes is the Lake June West Golf and Athletic Club. The Club offers 9 holes of executive golf as well as two tennis courts, a heated swimming pool, a shuffleboard court and a clubhouse.

There are over a dozen golf courses in the area most of which are championship ranked including Highlands Ridge North, Sun N Lakes, Pine Crest, Country Club of Sebring, Placid Lakes Country Club, and Harder Hall.

The Club House

The Clubhouse includes a pro-shop, party room and adjacent heated swimming pool, both of which overlook the 9 hole executive golf course and Lake June. The party room features a full kitchen and restrooms for birthday parties, anniversaries, meetings, or just a good game of cards. Family memberships to include unlimited use of the amenities are as low as $50 per month to $1,100 per year (cart rental, taxes not included).

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