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Beach Area

Beach Area from directly overhead

Beach Area is a beach in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. The nearest named place is W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam Recreation Area, a park 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates26.72134, -81.69533

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Myers Shores Fire District Station 82: 1.0 mi
  • Melrose Sovereign: 1.0 mi
  • Olga Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Shores Nature Trail Park: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 17
  • Lee County Civic Center Campus: 4.3 mi
  • Nature Walk: 9.8 mi
  • Solar Ranch: 9.9 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 9.9 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 10.0 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • WW II Gun Turrets: 10.3 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 10.4 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 10.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Waterfront: 17.8 mi
  • Cape Coral Yacht club beach: 20.1 mi
  • Bunche Beach: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Charlotte County Truck Stop Northbound: 20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3519:5020:24
September equinox07:1618:5419:25
December solstice07:1217:0517:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770747882838482787267
Precip in2.41.51.91.93.010.38.68.88.53.11.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers SW Florida Rgnl AP, 13 mi away.

Mean tidal range 0.94 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Fort Myers, FL, 12 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/194368413

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