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2018 Map of Bay Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Swamps and sloughs dominate this portion of the Florida landscape along the border of Sumter and Lake Counties. The Little Withlacoochee River meanders through the northwest, feeding into a complex network of wetlands that include Head Swamp, Bayroot Slough, and Gator Hole Slough. Human settlement is concentrated around the community of Bay Lake, where a network of residential lanes like Eden Ln and Lake Erie Rd skirt the shoreline.

Away from the water, the terrain is defined by a grid of access roads and ranching tracks. Tanic Grade Rd and S Grade Rd cut through the more remote southern sections, leading toward areas like Devils Creek Swamp and Loggy Pond Swamp. The map illustrates the persistent wildness of this corridor, where modern roads like Prospect Ranch Rd navigate between deep-water features such as Gator Hole and the surrounding marshlands.