Florida Heartland

The Florida Heartland is a region of Inland Florida. It includes the counties of Hardee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, Glades, Hendry, and the westernmost parts of Palm Beach and Martin Counties. The region is most known for its large agriculture sector, and shoreline along the large Lake Okeechobee. More sparsely populated than neighboring regions that have been pumped up by retirees and tourism, this area has remained more like "Old Florida".

Cities

Map of Florida Heartland

27.216667-81.8666671 Arcadia
27.594444-81.5033332 Avon Park
27.637778-81.8255563 Bowling Green
26.753333-80.9336114 Clewiston
27.026389-80.4727785 Indiantown
26.760556-81.4391676 LaBelle
27.296389-81.3647227 Lake Placid
26.833333-81.18 Moore Haven
27.233333-80.8333339 Okeechobee
27.495556-81.44444410 Sebring
27.546111-81.81444411 Wauchula

Other destinations

27.079444-81.0697221 Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Understand

This region has no salt water coastline. The advent of the Interstate Highway System (I-75 and I-95) and the Florida Turnpike diverted tourism away from this area towards the coastal parts of the state.

Get in

Get around

By plane

By car

Major routes include the Florida Turnpike, US 17, US 27 and US 441.

See

Sebring International Raceway in Sebring.

Do

Canoe on the 27.5038-81.80581 Peace River
Fishing on Lake Okeechobee

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

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