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Lake Okeechobee
Nat'l Recreation Area
Nat'l Recreation Area

Lake Okeechobee

Florida · FL

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Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan. The name Okeechobee comes from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chubi (big).

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