College Transportation Aviation The Tavares Seaplane Base is a city-owned, public-use seaplane base on Lake Dora in Tavares. The Leesburg International Airport is a former Army Airfield and municipal airport along Lake Harris east of downtown Leesburg, Florida. Mid Florida Air Service Airport is on State Road 44 east of Eustis. Umatilla Municipal Airport Major highways Florida's Turnpike runs north and south from Southeastern and Central Florida. Four interchanges exist in the county; Hancock Road (Exit 278), US 27/SR 19 (Exit 285), southbound US 27 (Exit 289) and County Road 470 (Exit 296). US 27 is the main local road through western Lake County, running south to north. It spans from Four Corners to The Villages. US 441 is another south to north US highway running through Mount Dora from Orange County around Lake Dora, where it merges with SR 44, has a wrong-way concurrency with SR 19 in Tavares, and lets go of SR 44 in Leesburg only to join US 27 as they both head into Marion County. SR 19 is a mostly scenic north and south road from SR 50 in Groveland through Tavares, Eustis, and Ocala National Forest. SR 33 is the north–south road from Lakeland in Polk County to Groveland. A county extension exists as a hidden route along SR 50 to Mascotte, where it becomes an exposed county road leading to US 27 in Okahumpka. SR 40 is the northernmost east–west route in Lake County, and runs through Ocala National Forest. SR 44 runs east and west through Central Lake County from west of Leesburg where it joins southbound US 441 until it breaks away near Mount Dora and heads northeast into Volusia County. SR 46 starts at an interchange with US 441 and County Road 46 in Mount Dora and through Sorrento and Mount Plymouth along the northern border of Orange County. SR 50 is the main east–west road through southern Lake County. Public transportation LakeXpress is the public transportation agency that serves the Lake County, Florida area since 2007. Communities Cities Clermont Eustis Fruitland Park Groveland Leesburg Mascotte Minneola Mount Dora Tavares Umatilla Towns Astatula Howey-in-the-Hills Lady Lake Montverde Census-designated places Altoona Astor Ferndale Four Corners Lake Kathryn Lake Mack-Forest Hills Lisbon Mount Plymouth Okahumpka Paisley Pine Lakes Pittman Silver Lake Sorrento Yalaha Other unincorporated communities Bassville Park Fort Mason Grand Island Lanier Orange Bend The Villages (partly) Notable people Flora Call