Indian River County High Point Trip Report
Date: December 16, 2002
Author: Gene Daniell
From Yeehaw Junction, a general tourist trap just off Florida's Turnpike, take US 441 south to the
Osceola/Okeechobee county line. Take the sand road that runs east here, which soon runs along the
Okeechobee/Indian River county line. The probable high point, a 74 foot spot elevation, is located on the
left at the junction with the driveway Fred Lobdell describes - if you begin to swing to the north,
you've gone too far. There is a house (currently for sale) approximately opposite the driveway on the Okeechobee
County side. The Indian River County side is now fenced and posted, including the driveway at the 74 foot
spot elevation, but you can still stand at the junction.
It is very doubtful that there's a higher point than this junction, since the section of the land within the 70
foot contour line that's in Indian River County apparently angles down toward that nearby 70 foot contour line,
and any spot significantly higher would force a 75 foot contour. On the other hand, the 74 foot spot
didn't look all that much higher than the 71 foot spot to the west (and certainly shouldn't look much higher
to a New Hampshire bred eye), and it seems possible that the 74 foot spot might be a foot or two higher
than the natural ground. But that's all speculative - the 74 foot spot is probably as good a high point as we
can expect to get in such a flat area.