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Awesome Planet

Awesome Planet from directly overhead

Awesome Planet is an attraction in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Living with the Land, a attraction 0.1 miles away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY passes 13 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates28.37441, -81.55205

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Parks
  • Congress Park: 2.0 mi
  • Waterview Park: 2.1 mi
  • Reserve Park: 3.5 mi
  • Veranda Park: 3.6 mi
  • Hippodrome Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 27
Gardens: 21
Springs: 13
  • Apopka Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Wolf Head Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Bear Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Sanlando Springs: 23.7 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 23.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mount Mayday: 1.4 mi
  • Mount Gushmore: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Everest: 2.4 mi
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Hillard Island: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Getaway Glen: 1.5 mi
  • Hideaway Bay: 1.5 mi
  • South Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 2.8 mi
  • The Sandbox: 2.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Awesome Planet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 330°94 m22.0 mi
Mount EverestWSW 242°60 m2.4 mi
Mount GushmoreSW 223°57 m2.1 mi
Rattlesnake RidgeW 260°37 m16.6 mi
Big Thunder MountainNNW 328°32 m3.8 mi
Horseshoe Creek HillS 181°32 m14.9 mi
Mount MaydayESE 114°29 m1.4 mi
Hillard IslandESE 104°23.7 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:3019:5320:27
September equinox07:1518:5319:24
December solstice07:1517:0017:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606367717882838381756863
Precip in3.02.33.23.14.28.17.77.86.03.72.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando W, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/782275579

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