{{Short description| Lake in the state of Florida, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Chilton | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Highlands County, Florida | group = | coordinates = {{Coord|27|37|55|N|81|33|23|W|region:US-FL_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = lake | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = {{convert|1200|ft}} | width = {{convert|1200|ft}} | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = {{convert|22|ft}} | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Florida | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake in Florida. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} '''Lake Chilton''' is a natural circular lake within the Avon Park Lakes, Florida, community. It is small, measuring approximately {{convert|1200|ft}} by {{convert|1200|ft}} and has a maximum depth of about {{convert|22|ft}}. It is bounded on all sides by residential streets and houses almost completely surround the lake on the opposite side of the streets. The land immediately surrounding the lake is public land. Lake Chilton is three blocks west of Lake Olivia.
The only activities at the lake are boating and fishing.<ref>Florida Lakewatch website, {{cite web |url=http://lakewatch.ifas.ufl.edu/ |title=Florida LAKEWATCH |accessdate=2005-12-13 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226085753/http://lakewatch.ifas.ufl.edu/ |archivedate=2005-12-26 }} ; Avon Park Lakes, Florida, Community Profile website, http://florida.hometownlocator.com/fl/highlands/avon-park-lakes.cfm .</ref>
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