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Cultural Grove

Cultural Grove from directly overhead

Cultural Grove is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Morning Stars, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
St. Pete Pier
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates27.77360, -82.62685

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Morning Stars: 0.0 mi
  • Bending Arc: 0.1 mi
  • Myth: 0.3 mi
  • Donnelly Mural: 0.9 mi
  • Bask Mural: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Spa Beach Park: 0.1 mi
  • Saint Pete Pier District: 0.1 mi
  • Demen's Landing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Downtown Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • North Straub Park: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Historic Banyan Tree: 0.8 mi
  • Thrill Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Utopiary Land: 3.0 mi
  • City of Pinellas Park F-16 Aircraft Monument: 7.5 mi
  • Skyzone Trampoline Park: 10.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 44
Beaches: 23
  • Spa Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Bahama Beach: 4.2 mi
  • South Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Island Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Island Beach: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
  • No Mow Area: 2.5 mi
  • Placido Bayou Reserves West: 2.8 mi
  • Clam Bayou Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Ross Island: 4.5 mi
  • Snake Island: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 16
Springs: 14
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Manatee Mineral Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Buckhorn South Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Buckhorn West Spring: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 8.9 mi
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundSE 134°7 m8.9 mi
Portavant Indian MoundS 180°1 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3619:5620:30
September equinox07:2018:5819:28
December solstice07:1817:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626569747983848482777065
Precip in3.02.22.92.62.57.28.39.37.52.51.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg, under a mile away.

  • Brown Anole612 obs
  • Brown Pelican507 obs
  • White Ibis495 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel401 obs
  • Great Blue Heron354 obs
  • Great Egret299 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron260 obs
  • Anhinga260 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/889592691

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