Editing Lakeland North, Washington (section)

==Geography==
Lakeland North is located in southwestern King County and is bordered to the east by Auburn, to the south and west by [[Federal Way, Washington|Federal Way]], and to the north by [[Kent, Washington|Kent]]. [[Interstate 5]] runs along the west edge of the community, with access from Exit 143 (South 320th Street) at the southwest corner of the CDP and from Exit 147 (South 272nd Street) at the northwest corner. I-5 leads north {{convert|21|mi}} to downtown [[Seattle]] and south {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Lakeland North CDP has a total area of {{convert|8.7|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|8.4|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.3|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 3.24%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Lakeland North CDP, Washington |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US5337420 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083235/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US5337420 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=June 19, 2019 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> [[Lake Dolloff]] is in the southern part of the community, and [[Star Lake (Washington)|Star Lake]] is in the north.