Downtown Lake Wales
Historic commercial core
Lake Wales' historic commercial core — Park Avenue storefronts, the 1928 Rhodesbilt Arcade, the Depot Museum, and the CRA's redevelopment focus.
Explore Downtown Lake Wales →§ Inside the city
Neighborhoods & districts.
Lake Wales is a small city with distinct parts — a brick downtown, a historic Black business district, an Olmsted-planned colony, and lake-wrapped residential pockets.
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Neighborhood guides
Lincoln Avenue
Historic Black business and residential district
Lake Wales' historic Black business and residential district, centered on Lincoln Avenue — churches, the old commercial strip, and an active preservation and reinvestment effort.
Explore Lincoln Avenue →Mountain Lake
Olmsted-planned estate community
The private, Olmsted Brothers-planned estate community north of downtown whose founding circle brought Edward Bok — and Bok Tower Gardens — to the Lake Wales Ridge.
Explore Mountain Lake →Crystal Lake
Lakefront residential neighborhood
A lakefront residential neighborhood northeast of downtown, built around Crystal Lake with public park access, quiet streets, and grove edges.
Explore Crystal Lake →Hillcrest Heights
Ridge village south of the city
A tiny incorporated ridge village between Lake Wales and Babson Park, surrounded by groves, scrub, and Crooked Lake water.
Explore Hillcrest Heights →Northwest Lake Wales
Residential & civic district
The residential and civic quadrant northwest of downtown — schools, the community center, recreation fields, and much of the city's everyday housing.
Explore Northwest Lake Wales →Related