Inverness

Inverness is a city, incorporated in 1919, and the seat of Citrus County. It lies inland, about 18 miles east of Crystal River by road, on the western shore of the connected Tsala Apopka and Henderson lakes. The Withlacoochee State Trail runs past the lakefront parks downtown.

Living here

Downtown centres on the 1912 courthouse, now the Old Courthouse Heritage Museum of the Citrus County Historical Society. Its restored courtroom is where Elvis Presley filmed the courtroom scene of Follow That Dream in 1961. A few blocks away, the Depot District links Liberty Park and Wallace Brooks Park along the lake.

Around town you find established neighbourhoods of single-family homes, newer subdivisions on the edges of the city and homes near the lakes. Myriam currently has two listings in Inverness: a 2005 pool home in Connell Lake Estates and a 2018 pool home on a double lot in the Villages of Inverness.

Inverness suits buyers who would rather live inland, close to the lakes, the trail and the county's offices and services, than on the coast.

Nature and things to do

The Tsala Apopka chain of lakes is fed mainly by the Withlacoochee River and divided by water control structures into three pools, named after Floral City, Inverness and Hernando.

• The Withlacoochee State Trail, a paved rail trail of about 46 miles from Citrus Springs to Trilby, with Inverness as one of its main stops.
• Liberty Park and Wallace Brooks Park on Lake Henderson, linked by a boardwalk, with docks and a swimming area.
• Whispering Pines Park, the city's largest park at 290 acres of pine and hardwood woods, with walking and mountain bike trails, disc golf, tennis, pickleball and a pool.
• Fort Cooper State Park just south of town, with Lake Holathlikaha, more than six miles of hiking trails and the site of a Second Seminole War fort.

Getting around

US 41 runs north and south through the city, and State Road 44 is the main road east and west, out to Crystal River on the coast. HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, formerly Citrus Memorial, is on West Highland Boulevard in town.

Approximate driving distances and times from the centre of Inverness, calculated with OpenStreetMap routing. Real travel times depend on traffic.

Good to know

• The county offices are in Inverness, which makes it the practical centre of Citrus County.
• Lakefront homes need the same checks as coastal ones: flood zone, elevation and insurance.
• Listings in Citrus and Hernando County are shared through the regional MLS.