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Sand Beach

Sand Beach from directly overhead

Sand Beach is a beach in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 2.7 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.78549, -84.89296

Overlooks nearby

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Doyle's Creek: 3.5 mi
  • Nick's Hole: 10.1 mi
  • Tully Park: 10.2 mi
  • Shelter 20: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Raney House: 6.8 mi
  • Journeys of Saint George Island: 8.4 mi
  • Oyster Boat: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Herb Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Sugar Hill: 10.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar HillESE 114°6 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:2019:51
June solstice06:4020:0920:44
September equinox07:2919:0619:38
December solstice07:3217:0917:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687581838380726357
Precip in4.34.25.13.43.16.36.48.45.94.43.33.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apalachicola AP, 9 mi away.

Mean tidal range 1.27 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station WHITE BEACH, EAST BAY, FL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358734409

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