{{Short description| Lake in the state of Florida, United States}} {{distinguish|text=Yale Lake, Washington}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Lake Yale | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Lake County, Florida | group = | coordinates = {{coord|28|55|00|N|81|44|20|W|source:enwiki-plaintext-parser_scale:25000_type:waterbody_region:US-FL|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|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = {{convert|4020|acre|abbr=on}} | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | 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 Yale''' is a lake in Lake County, Florida north of the community of Grand Island and west of the city of Umatilla. It is around {{convert|4020|acre}} in area with a drainage basin of {{convert|15,394|acre}}.<ref name="Lake County">{{cite web|url=https://www.lakecountyfl.gov/departments/public_works/environmental_services/stormwater_management/lake_yale_basin/|title=Lake Yale Basin Study - Lake County Florida|publisher=lakecountyfl.gov|accessdate=2015-10-09}}</ref>
Lake Yale is mostly surrounded by marshland and sandy hills The Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center is on the west shore. There is only one island on the lake, Rabbit Island near its eastern shore. It is connected to Lake Griffin by the Yale-Griffin canal. The canal runs through the Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area and is often overgrown with vegetation and unnavigable by boat. There is boat access into the lake via a ramp in Marsh Memorial Park in the southeast corner. The lake bottom is sandy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakecountybass.com/lake-yale-bass-fishing.html|title=Lake County Bass - Lake Yale}}</ref>
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