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Indian Beach

Indian Beach from directly overhead

Indian Beach is a beach in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is MLK, a park 0.7 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 0.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates27.36393, -82.55649

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • MLK: 0.7 mi
  • Water Tower Park: 0.8 mi
  • New College Food Forest: 1.2 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 1.3 mi
  • Centennial Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 34
Attractions: 25
  • Public Beach Access Point: 4.8 mi
  • Linder Turf and Tractor: 5.5 mi
  • Passage Key Dolphin Tours: 10.0 mi
  • Manatee County Fair: 11.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 11.3 mi
Museums: 24
  • John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
  • Ulla R. & Arthur F. Searing Wing: 1.3 mi
  • Ringling Museum Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Circus Museum - Tibbals Learning Center: 1.4 mi
  • Circus Museum & Store: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 21
Artworks: 17
Nature reserves: 17
  • Quick Point Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Red Bug Slough Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Red Bug Slough Preserve: 6.8 mi
  • Historic Spanish Point: 11.6 mi
  • Neal Preserve: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 13
Picnic sites: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 12.3 mi
  • Caloosa Indian Mound: 18.6 mi
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Manatee Mineral Spring: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundN 5°7 m22.3 mi
Caloosa Indian MoundESE 104°6 m18.6 mi
Portavant Indian MoundNNW 340°1 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3719:5520:29
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1717:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626568737882838382777065
Precip in2.81.92.92.52.67.17.49.16.02.81.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sarasota Bradenton AP, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sarasota, Sarasota Bay, FL, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358710899

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