Lake Okeechobee is about 1.4 times smaller than Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, while Lake Okeechobee is approximately 1,890 km² (730 sq mi), making Lake Okeechobee 69.84% the size of Rhode Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rhode Island vs. Lake Okeechobee uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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