Lake June in Winter, on the west side of

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, has a surface area of . This lake is also written "Lake June-in-Winter" and was once known as Lake Stearns. The lake is kidney-shaped, with coves on the northeast and northwest. Lake June is bordered on the south, some of the east and much of the north by residences and residential areas. The entire western shore is bordered by

Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately seven miles southwest of Lake Placid. This park occupies the entire western shore of Lake June in Winter Lake June in Winter, on the west side of Lake Placid, ...

. Other areas are bordered by vacant areas of scrub and grassland. Two nearby lakes,

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and Lake Lachard are near the lake's shores. Lake June has public access along much of its shoreline. Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park occupies the entire west side of the lake. This park has trails and a picnic area with tables and a shelter. The description of the park in the Florida State Park website says the public is allowed to fish from shore and launch canoes or kayaks from shore. The lake has two other public parks on its shores. One is the Lake June Park Sports Complex, at the south side of the northeast cove. This park has softball diamonds, picnic tables, a swimming beach and a public boat ramp. The other is almost opposite this park, on the north side of the same cove. This is H. L. Bishop Park, with picnic tables, a fishing dock and a public boat ramp. Two canals connect to area lakes. The one connecting to Lake August, to the south, cannot be navigated. The one going north from the northwest cove connects to Lake Carrie. According to the Take Me Fishing website, Lake June contains

largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, but ...

and

bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...

.Take Me Fishing website, at http://www.takemefishing.org/Components/Templates/FishingMap.aspx#/bow/383963 .

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