Eagle Lake is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States.

These included a brickyard, a turpentine mill, and two citrus packing houses that were both lost in the 1940s.

During the mid 1950s and into the 1960s, the city was host to a wooden bathing house with dressing rooms, long wooden covered dock, dance hall, picnic facilities, and a diving platform at the Crystal Beach Pavilion on the southwest side of Eagle Lake.

[6] Eagle Lake is located within the Central Florida Highlands area of the Atlantic coastal plain, with a terrain consisting of flatland interspersed with gently rolling hills.

[8] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,008 people, 796 households, and 573 families residing in the city.

[12] As of the 2010 United States census, there were 2,255 people, 641 households, and 462 families residing in the city.

After signing a contract with the Polk County Sheriff's office in 2007, the City of Eagle Lake began contracting law enforcement services from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

[20] The library is located at 75 North Seventh Street Eagle Lake, Florida 33839.

This thoroughfare provides access to State Road 570 and U.S. 98 for travel to nearby Lakeland, FL, and major metropolitan cities Tampa and Orlando.

This location provides a travel hub for private flights in and out of the Central Florida area.

[22] Additionally, the City Hall complex hosts basketball, racquetball and shuffleboard courts, as well as a skate park and playground for children.

At the Eagle Lake ramp, there is also a municipal park that has a pavilion, playground, beach, and restroom facilities.