Fruitville Reading Garden
Fruitville Reading Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Open Book Gateway, a artwork 0.1 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 5.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Friends of the Fruitville Library
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 16.3 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 17.0 mi off the BRADENTON BEACH HWY
- 20.0 mi off the LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Mound · 1 mi
- Lemon Bay Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ackerman Park: 0.4 mi
- Celery Fields: 0.7 mi
- Celery Fields: 0.8 mi
- Deer Hallow Family Park: 1.1 mi
- Fruitville Park: 1.7 mi
- Linder Turf and Tractor: 9.9 mi
- Airboat & Tram Rides: 10.6 mi
- Public Beach Access Point: 12.2 mi
- Lincoln Park: 15.1 mi
- Manatee County Fair: 15.6 mi
- Sarasota Art Museum: 5.6 mi
- Sarasota Art Museum: 5.6 mi
- Sarasota Art Museum: 5.6 mi
- Museum of Botany & the Arts: 6.2 mi
- Historical Exhibits & Education Center: 6.7 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Quick Point Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Historic Spanish Point: 9.9 mi
- Scherer Thaxton Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Founder's 50 Monument: 4.0 mi
- Owen N. Burns: 6.1 mi
- Selby Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Lilly: 10.1 mi
- Myakka Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Open Book Gateway: 0.1 mi
- The Spirit of Sarasota: 6.0 mi
- SpreadX Web Design and Marketing: 6.4 mi
- Olympic Wannabes Statue: 6.5 mi
- Shifting Landscape: 6.5 mi
- Indian Beach: 7.4 mi
- Crescent Beach: 8.4 mi
- Crescent Beach: 8.4 mi
- Cresent Beach: 8.5 mi
- Siesta Beach: 8.6 mi
- Sarasota Audubon Native Garden: 0.9 mi
- Fragrence Garden: 6.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.2 mi
- Edible Garden: 6.2 mi
- Bromeliad Garden: 6.2 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Bench: 17.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 18.2 mi
- Manasota Beach Picnic Shelter: 22.7 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Caloosa Indian Mound: 11.2 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 17.6 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 24.5 mi
- Manatee Mineral Spring: 12.9 mi
- Warm Mineral Spring: 22.1 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Willow: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fruitville Reading Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | NNW 348° | 7 m | 24.5 mi |
| Caloosa Indian Mound | ESE 105° | 6 m | 11.2 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | NW 319° | 1 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:06 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 62 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 69 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradenton 5 ESE, 8 mi away.
- Boat-tailed Grackle510 obs
- Common Gallinule377 obs
- Nanday Parakeet373 obs
- Gray-headed Swamphen359 obs
- Blue-winged Teal328 obs
- White Ibis313 obs
- Tricolored Heron310 obs
- Purple Gallinule298 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/887043034
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