Lake Monroe (Florida)

This article is about the lake. For the community, see Lake Monroe, Florida.
Lake Monroe
Lake Monroe
Lake Monroe
LocationVolusia / Seminole counties, Florida, United States
Coordinates28°49′10″N 81°15′40″W / 28.81944°N 81.26111°W / 28.81944; -81.26111
TypeLake
Primary outflowsSt. Johns River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area9,406 acres (3,806 ha)
Average depth17 feet (5.2 m) [1]
Max. depth54 feet (16 m) [2]
SettlementsSanford, DeBary, Deltona
Websitewww.friendsoflakemonroe.org

Lake Monroe[3] is one of the lakes that make up the St. Johns River system. The port city of Sanford is situated along the southern shore (on the Sanford side is The Sanford Riverwalk), while DeBary and Deltona are located along the northern shore. Two major central Florida roadways that run near the lake are State Road 415 which crosses at the Osteen Bridge, US Routes 17-92 which crosses at Lake Monroe Bridge and Interstate 4 which crosses the river at the St. Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge. It forms the border of Seminole County and Volusia County It is the 8th largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area, after Lake Jesup, 7 miles (11 km) to the south.

Bike Path

The Lake Monroe Loop bike path is 28 miles . The first step is go on the Sanford Riverwalk, when it ends go stright passing the Lake Monroe Wayside Park until the 17-92 bridge, crossing this bridge means that the city and county chnage from Sanford, Seminole County to Debary, Volusia county,

Landmarks of the Lake Monroe Loop
Mile Marker Site County City
0.0 Start at Veteran's Memorial Park Seminole Sanford
3.5 Cross Seminole Trail intersection with the Sanford riverwalk Seminole Sanford
3.8 Lake Monroe Wayside Park Seminole Sanford
4.1 St John's River crossing by the 17-92 bridge, Lake Monroe Park Seminole turns into the Volusia at the bridge, the park is in Volusia Sanford turns into Debary at the Bridge, the park is in Debary
4.6 Lake Monroe Trailhead Volusia Debary
6.2 SunRail DeBary Station access trail Volusia Debary
7.1 Trail juncture with Spring to Spring Trail, Dirksen Drive Trailhead Volusia Debary
7.3 Gemini Springs Park Volusia Debary
8.4 Volusia County Trails Welcome Center, next to Debary hall Volusia Debary
9.1 DeBary Avenue Park and Ride Lot Volusia Debary
10.2 Enterprise Heritage Center and Museum,500 feet south of the bike trail Volusia Enterprise
11.1 Thornby Park Trailhead(600 feet from trail) Volusia Enterprise
11.6 Green Springs Park, this is also where the east central regional rail trail or ECRRT and the Spring to Spring trail split up, you want to use the ECRRT Volusia Enterprise
14.3 Audubon Park Volusia
16.9 Osteen Overpass and Civic Center Trailhead Volusia Osteen
19.4 Beck Ranch Park Volusia Osteen
21.6 St John's River crossing via Osteen Bridge Volusia turns into Seminole at the bridge Osteen turns into Sanford at the Bridge
22.6 Intersection of SR415 and SR46 Seminole Sanford
25.3 Intersection of SR46 and Mellonville Avenue Seminole Sanford
27.1 Riverwalk Trail east end at Lake Monroe Seminole Sanford
28.0 End at Veteran's Memorial Park Seminole Sanford

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Facts and Data".
  2. ^ "Facts and Data".
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Monroe (Florida)
  4. ^ "Ed Cycles Lake Monroe Loop". ridewithgps.com.
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