Doctors Lake (Florida)

This article is about a body of water in Florida. For the lake in Nova Scotia, see Doctors Lake (Nova Scotia).
Doctors Lake
Location of Doctors Lake in Florida, USA.
Location of Doctors Lake in Florida, USA.
Doctors Lake
Location of Doctors Lake in Florida, USA.
Location of Doctors Lake in Florida, USA.
Doctors Lake
LocationClay County, Florida
Coordinates30°09′10″N 81°42′23″W / 30.15278°N 81.70639°W / 30.15278; -81.70639
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area13 sq mi (34 km2)

Doctors Lake is a body of water located off the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida.[1] Despite its name, it is not a true lake, as it is actually an inlet, openly connected to the St. Johns. Because of the estuarine nature of the St. Johns, Doctors Lake is itself somewhat brackish.[2]

Many docks border the lake for recreational activity such as boating, fishing and waterskiing. To the south, the lake splits in half into two small creeks that flow from swampland.

  1. ^ "Doctors Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Thoemke, Kris (1995). Doctors Lake. Globe Pequot. ISBN 9781560442318. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)