FloridaNatural lakeSumter County

Orange Lake

Orange Lake covers about 12,550 acres in Florida. Its shoreline falls inside Sumter County. Management is in the hands of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

CountiesSumter County

Coordinates28.6431, -82.1417

Surface area12,550 acres

Managed byFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Swimming beaches on Orange Lake

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Orange Lake on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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Weather and water temperature

Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.

Weather data by Open-Meteo

Swimming at Orange Lake

Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. No public sensor reports water temperature at Orange Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind.

No public gauge reports the water level at Orange Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured. Ask the managing agency directly if the level matters for your trip.

Orange Lake has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities. If you need a named beach, Eatons Beach on Lake Weir is some 27 miles from here. County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record.

Nearby water includes Lake Panasoffkee (Florida, 10 mi), Lake Harris (Florida, 22 mi) and Lake Minneola (Florida, 26 mi). Florida has 29 lakes on this site in total.