Sylvan Shores is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Highlands County, Florida, United States, located immediately northeast of the town of Lake Placid. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 2,424.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (20.57%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census