Lake Alice is a small lake on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
The lake is a wildlife area and is one of the few areas in incorporated Gainesville where one may view live alligators. The lake also harbors a population of Florida softshell turtles. The university's bat house is near the lake. The Baughman Center sits on the southwest bank of the lake. On Lake Alice's northern side, there is a boardwalk that leads visitors through the woods and swamp to a viewing platform.
The people of the Alachua culture who built a burial mound near the College of Law on University of Florida’s campus c 1000 AD are believed to have lived along the shore of Lake Alice.How Lake Alice obtained its name is uncertain. Prior to the 1890s, Lake Alice was known as "Jonah's Pond" but by 1894, US Geological Surveys noted it as Lake Alice.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Alice_(Gainesville,_Florida)
Address Gainesville 32611, United States
Coordinates 29°38'34.501" N -82°21'40.407" E
