Iron Mountain (Florida)

View from the summit of Iron Mountain, overlooking orange groves.

Iron Mountain is one of the highest points in peninsular Florida, United States and a prominent point of the Lake Wales Ridge. Rising 295 feet (90 m) above sea level,[1] The mountain contains citronelle, a hematite-containing rock that oxidizes when exposed to air and is responsible for the red-brown color of the earth.[1] The ridge is located just north of the city of Lake Wales. The tower of Bok Tower Gardens is built on the summit.[2]

  1. ^ a b Waitley 2005, p.312.
  2. ^ Becnel and Grimes 2011, p.113.