Apollo Beach
Apollo Beach is a beach in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Apollo Beach Recreation Center, a park 0.6 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 16.1 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 23.7 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 26.1 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Apollo Beach Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
- Apollo Beach Nature Park: 1.5 mi
- Hourglass Park: 2.0 mi
- Lantern View Park: 2.0 mi
- New Lakeside Park: 2.0 mi
- Manatee Viewing Center: 1.5 mi
- Manatee Viewing Center: 1.5 mi
- Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center: 7.2 mi
- iFly Tampa: 11.9 mi
- Royal Caribbean cruise port: 12.1 mi
- Armed Forces Dedication Plaque: 5.0 mi
- Walking Club Rock: 5.1 mi
- Old Fish Camp Site: 7.6 mi
- SOCOM Memorial: 7.7 mi
- U.S. Central Command Memorial: 8.2 mi
- "Untitled": 12.2 mi
- JFK Memorial Statue: 12.5 mi
- Solstice: 12.5 mi
- City of Tampa Mural: 13.0 mi
- José Martí: 13.3 mi
- Paleo Preserve Fossil Museum: 7.2 mi
- Florida Railroad Museum: 9.5 mi
- Tampa Bay History Center: 12.1 mi
- SS American Victory;American Victory Museum: 12.1 mi
- Henry B. Plant Museum: 12.6 mi
- Golden Aster Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Little Manatee River State Park: 7.1 mi
- Camp Bayou Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Bell Creek Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 4.7 mi
- Bahia Beach: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 10.6 mi
- Boyette Spring: 9.9 mi
- Green Sink Spring: 10.0 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 10.1 mi
- Buckhorn West Spring: 10.2 mi
- Buckhorn East Spring: 10.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.2 mi
- Clara Frye Garden: 13.4 mi
- Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: 13.5 mi
- Cultural Grove: 13.5 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 14.2 mi
- Gulf City: 5.7 mi
- Willow: 9.6 mi
- Fort Brooke: 12.1 mi
- Weedon Island: 13.0 mi
- Fort Lonesome: 16.6 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 17.0 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 22.3 mi
- Picnic Bench: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 23.6 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 9.3 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 21.4 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Apollo Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | SW 230° | 7 m | 9.3 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | SW 219° | 1 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:55 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:05 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 61 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 69 | 64 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa BAY Area WFO, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.89 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NEWMAN BRANCH, FL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358716757
Day trips start here
- Tampa · 13 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 14 mi
- Clearwater · 28 mi
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