Sebring is located in Highlands County, FL and is nicknamed “The City on the Circle”, in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Downtown Sebring Historic District.
Sebring was founded in 1912. It was named after George E. Sebring, a pottery manufacturer from Ohio who developed the city. The village of Sebring, Ohio is also named for George E. Sebring (1859–1927) and his family.
The city’s geography is dominated by 9,212-acre Lake Jackson, but 420-acre Dinner Lake and 137-acre Little Lake Jackson, which is the lake the villas overlook, are also within the city limits. Highlands County has more than 84 lakes, most of which are located in unincorporated areas of the county. Sebring lies on the southern end of the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of ancient islands that is the native habitat for many rare plants and animals. Most of the area is rural and part of the Florida scrub ecosystem, with smaller areas of hammocks and cypress swamps, similar to those found at Highlands Hammock State Park, a popular attraction, located four miles west of Sebring.
Sebring’s climate is a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and cool, dry winters. Unlike most places with a similar climate classification, Sebring’s rainfall is clearly seasonal, with approximately 57 percent of the total rainfall occurring in the June–September summer period.
Sebring is the home of the Sebring International Raceway, created on a former airbase, first used in 1950. It hosted the 1959 Formula One U.S. Grand Prix, but is currently best known as the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring, an annual TUDOR United Sports Car Championship race. For more information about Sebring, go to VisitSebring.com.
Local Points of Interest: Highlands Hammock State Park, Historic Downtown Sebring, Lake Jackson’s Pier Beach, Highlands Museum of the Arts (MoTA), Highlands Little Theatre, Circle Theatre, Highlands Art League, South Florida State College, Military Sea Services Museum, Toby’s American Clown Museum & School, Sebring International Raceway, Children’s Museum, Henscratch Farms, Lake Placid Town of Murals & Caladium Capital of the World.