Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Florida
• Level 2: Highlands County

Current local time in Placid Lakes:

10:53 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Placid Lakes on map:^[1]

Placid Lakes GPS coordinates^[2]

27° 14' 29.184" North, 81° 24' 25.272" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	27.86481°,	-82.11015°
Center:	27.24144°,	-81.40702°
Lower-right:	26.61456°,	-80.7039°
Map W x H:	139×139 km	= 86.4×86.4mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑97.5% North
Placid Lakes:	27.24144°
min Lat:	⇓2.5% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Placid Lakes	max Long
-171.73463°	-81.40702°	-66.98998°
W 68.1%⇐		⇒31.9% E

Elevation

Elevation of Placid Lakes is 43 m = 141 ft, and this is 251.8 m = 826 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	80.9%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Placid Lakes	43 m = 141 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	19.1%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Placid Lakes is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 423 km =262.8 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Placid Lakes
North Pole	6978.1	4336	to North
Arctic Circle	4372.2	2716.8	to North
Tropic Cancer	423	262.8	to South
Equator	3029	1882.1	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Placid Lakes: (largest is in red/bold)

• Arcadia 44.7 km =27.8 mi, 266°
• Avon Park 40.6 km =25.2 mi, 346°
• Buckhead Ridge 52.3 km =32.5 mi, 103°
• Frostproof 57.4 km =35.7 mi, 347°
• LaBelle 53.4 km =33.2 mi, 183°
• Lake Placid 14.7 km =9.1 mi, 32°
• Lemon Grove 44.3 km =27.5 mi, 322°
• Moore Haven 55 km =34.2 mi, 145°
• Nocatee 47.9 km =29.8 mi, 259°
• Okeechobee 57.1 km =35.5 mi, 89°
• Port LaBelle 53.9 km =33.5 mi, 179°
• Sebring 28.5 km =17.7 mi, 353°
• Southeast Arcadia 44.4 km =27.6 mi, 262°
• Wauchula 52.4 km =32.6 mi, 310°
• Zolfo Springs 47.5 km =29.5 mi, 306°