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The Florida Native Butterfly Society

The Florida Native Butterfly Society from directly overhead

The Florida Native Butterfly Society is an attraction in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Howard Mound stands 4 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Butterfly Estates, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL passes 28 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Florida Native Butterfly Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Florida’s native butterfly species.

What to expect

Operated by
The Butterflly Estates
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates26.64251, -81.86288

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bennett-Hart Park: 0.2 mi
  • McCutcheon Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fort Myers Regional Library: 0.3 mi
  • Burroughs Home and Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Miller Griffin Memorial Center: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 57
  • Lux: 0.4 mi
  • Caloosahatchee Manuscripts: 0.4 mi
  • American Bald Eagle: 0.5 mi
  • Sun Gate: 0.5 mi
  • The Florida Panther: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Attractions: 18
  • The Butterfly Estates: 0.0 mi
  • Six Mile Cypress Slough: 5.4 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 5.7 mi
  • Nature Walk: 5.8 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Cape Coral Yacht club beach: 8.8 mi
  • Beach Area: 11.7 mi
  • Waterfront: 13.1 mi
  • Bunche Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Calusa Point: 15.8 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 12
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Stench Monument: 7.1 mi
  • WW II Gun Turrets: 11.6 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 11.7 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Howard Mound: 18.3 mi
  • John Quiet Mound: 21.8 mi
  • Faulkner Mound: 22.5 mi
  • Cash Mound: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Charlotte County Truck Stop Northbound: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Howard MoundWNW 283°4 m18.3 mi
Cash MoundWNW 300°4 m22.6 mi
Faulkner MoundW 268°3 m22.5 mi
John Quiet MoundWNW 299°2 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0919:39
June solstice06:3619:5120:24
September equinox07:1718:5519:25
December solstice07:1217:0617:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770757982838382787267
Precip in2.41.82.12.43.59.79.410.49.03.11.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers Page FLD AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/173429342

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