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Florida Natural Plants is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Sunset Hills stands 5 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrollwood Villiage Park, a park 0.1 miles away. SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY passes 4.1 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Carrollwood Village Park
Access
Permitted
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates28.07223, -82.52522

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carrollwood Villiage Park: 0.1 mi
  • John R. Miley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Avista Park: 0.3 mi
  • Carrollwood Cultural Center Park: 0.6 mi
  • Timberlan Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Bird of Paradise: 0.2 mi
  • Green Screen Studio Photography: 3.8 mi
  • Name Art: 5.2 mi
  • Maze: 6.6 mi
  • Dr. King Bust: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Where he did it to em: 3.6 mi
  • Shooters World: 3.8 mi
  • Safari Africa: 5.1 mi
  • Florida Boardwalk & Wildlife Center: 5.2 mi
  • Wallaroo Station Children's Zoo: 5.2 mi
Museums: 43
Nature reserves: 37
  • Northlakes - Sagebrush Wood Stork Colony: 2.7 mi
  • Old Memorial Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Brooker Creek Headwaters Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Violet Cury Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
  • Town-n-Country Preserve: 5.7 mi
Springs: 33
  • Ewanowski Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Blue Sink: 4.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Lettuce Lake Spring: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 15
Beaches: 15
  • Picnic Island Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Island Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Island Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Crystal Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 16.9 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Sunset Hills: 16.7 mi
  • The Union: 18.1 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunset HillsWNW 291°5 m16.7 mi
The UnionWNW 297°1 m18.1 mi
Buzzards RoostNNW 333°1 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3519:5620:30
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1817:0417:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626569748083848483777065
Precip in2.62.62.52.62.67.47.89.06.12.31.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa Intl AP, 8 mi away.

  • Muscovy Duck109 obs
  • Brown Anole91 obs
  • White Ibis55 obs
  • Cuban Tree Frog54 obs
  • Little Blue Heron49 obs
  • Great Egret48 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel45 obs
  • White beggarticks42 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 node/11822928245

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