Editing Lake Placid, Florida (section)

==Geography==
The approximate coordinates for the Town of Lake Placid is located in central Highlands County at {{Coord|27|17|42.9|N|81|22|21.5|W}} (27.29525, –81.37263).<ref name=CenPopGazetteer2016>{{cite web|title=National Places Gazetteer Files: Florida|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_12.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|U.S. Route 27]] passes through the town, leading north {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Sebring, Florida|Sebring]], the [[county seat]], and south {{convert|58|mi}} to [[Clewiston, Florida|Clewiston]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Lake Placid has a total area of {{convert|3.650|mi2|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.599|mi2|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.051|mi2|km2}}, or 1.4%, are water.<ref name=CenPopGazetteer2016/>