Garden of Ridvan
Garden of Ridvan is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Soule Road Park, a park 0.6 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 2.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 14.2 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
- 26.9 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
Named places within 25 miles
- Soule Road Park: 0.6 mi
- Salls' Lake Park: 0.7 mi
- Lake Chautauqua Park: 0.8 mi
- World Parkway Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Moccasin Lake Nature Park: 1.1 mi
- Moo-Lah The Cow: 1.7 mi
- Great blue skimmer dragonfly: 3.6 mi
- Flagfish: 3.6 mi
- Moorhen: 3.7 mi
- Florida cricket frog: 3.7 mi
- City of Clearwater Centennial Welcome Monument: 2.7 mi
- Odet Philippe's Marker: 2.9 mi
- Clearwater highschool student veteran memorial: 3.0 mi
- United States Bicentennial commemorative plaque: 3.0 mi
- The Twin Oaks at Crest Lake Park: 3.6 mi
- Empower Adventures Tampa Bay: 4.6 mi
- Gone Fishing Charters (Ozona Fish Camp): 6.3 mi
- Sea Screamer Dolphin Tours: 6.4 mi
- Little Toot: 6.5 mi
- Largo Central Railroad: 6.6 mi
- The Collection On Palmetto Foundation: 2.0 mi
- Safety Harbor Museum & Cultural Center: 2.1 mi
- Palm Harbor Museum: 4.1 mi
- Clearwater Historical Society Museum and Cultural Center: 5.3 mi
- The American Arts and Crafts Movement Museum: 8.7 mi
- Gladys E. Douglas Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Canal Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Town-n-Country Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Anderson Park: 9.7 mi
- Old Memorial Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Clearwater Beach: 6.4 mi
- Crystal Beach: 7.7 mi
- Dunedin Beach: 8.0 mi
- Belleair Beach: 8.4 mi
- Sunset Beach: 11.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.1 mi
- Freedom Lake Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Monument Park: 13.2 mi
- Florida Natural Plants: 13.3 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 15.0 mi
- Sage Spring: 7.9 mi
- Health Spring: 8.4 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 15.2 mi
- Ewanowski Spring: 16.5 mi
- Blue Sink: 16.5 mi
- Sunset Hills: 11.9 mi
- The Union: 14.2 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 24.6 mi
- Weedon Island: 12.7 mi
- Fort Brooke: 16.8 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garden of Ridvan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | SSE 150° | 7 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sunset Hills | NNW 342° | 5 m | 11.9 mi |
| The Union | NNW 343° | 1 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:57 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 17:05 | 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 | 64 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 69 | 64 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg Clearwater Intl, 6 mi away.
- Brown Anole95 obs
- American Alligator73 obs
- Indian Peafowl72 obs
- Common Gallinule58 obs
- American beautyberry51 obs
- White beggarticks49 obs
- White Ibis45 obs
- Florida Softshell Turtle45 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/926263601
Day trips start here
- Clearwater · 5 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 16 mi
- Tampa · 16 mi
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