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2018 Map of Avon Park

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Avon Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Avon Park and its surrounding highlands are defined by a complex landscape of freshwater basins and citrus-country development. The city's residential streets expand toward water bodies like Lake Tulane and Lake Lelia, while the eastern edge is marked by the distinctive elevation of the Lake Wales Ridge. This geological feature historically influenced the area's drainage and agricultural patterns, separating the more developed lakesides from the expansive wetlands to the west.

Transport and aviation play a central role in this corner of Highlands County, with the Avon Park Executive Airport serving as a major hub near the center of the sheet, while the more remote Crews Homestead Ranch Airport sits to the northwest. Beyond the city grid, rural routes like Mel Smith Rd and Hutchison Rd lead into more sparsely settled terrain. Waterways such as Bee Br and the Little Charley Bowlegs Cr snake through the landscape, indicating the natural flow toward the Peace River basin to the west of the Hardee County line.