Kingsley Lake is an almost perfectly

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of about in

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, is located inside

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about east of

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. According to some sources, it is the oldest and highest lake in Florida, located on the edge of the Trail Ridge formation. The lake is a very stable lake with a sandy bottom. Its deepest point is about inside of a steep sinkhole within the lake. Kingsley Lake is so nearly circular that pilots call it the "silver dollar lake". There are around 180 docks around the lake, mostly around the western half of the lake encompassing the small community of the same name.

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is on the

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side of the lake as part of the

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, as well as a small

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just to the southeast of the lake as part of Camp Blanding. The lake is about 30 miles northeast of Gainesville, 30 miles southwest of

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, and 30 miles northwest of Palatka.

Geological formation

The lake is thought to have formed as a

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References

External links

Kingsley Lake Association
- web site that discusses the lake, community, and events

from the Kingsley Lake Association

- lake water chemistry data

* ttp://coastal.er.usgs.gov/stjohns/ofr616/kingsley.html USGS Open-File Report 94-616- seismic reflection surveys of Kingsley Lake
Kingsley Lake
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Geological formation

See also

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