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GEICO Topiary

GEICO Topiary from directly overhead

GEICO Topiary is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Lakeland Highlands stands 81 m to the east, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Florida Air Museum, a museum 0.9 miles away. THE RIDGE HWY passes 24 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
GEICO Insurance
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates27.97489, -82.01519

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Christina Park: 3.3 mi
  • Loyce E. Harpe Park: 4.5 mi
  • Carter Road Park: 4.6 mi
  • Westside Park: 4.6 mi
  • Horney Park: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Circle B Bar Reserve: 9.4 mi
  • Cone Ranch: 11.0 mi
  • Marshall Hampton Reserve: 11.5 mi
  • Tenoroc Fish Management Area: 11.6 mi
  • Tenoroc Public Use Area: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Black Tiger Airsoft: 10.4 mi
  • iFly Tampa: 19.6 mi
  • Imagination Pavilion: 19.7 mi
  • Cypress Gardens: 19.7 mi
  • Imagination Zone: 19.8 mi
Springs: 23
  • Lithia Major Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Lithia Minor Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Crystal Swamp 2 Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 17.7 mi
  • Crystal 1 Spring: 17.7 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 13
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Lakeland Highlands: 6.0 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 21.4 mi
  • Greer Hill: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lakeland HighlandsE 98°81 m6.0 mi
Greer HillNNW 335°68 m24.6 mi
Sand MountainSE 144°39 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0919:40
June solstice06:3319:5420:28
September equinox07:1718:5519:26
December solstice07:1617:0317:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626568737882838382766965
Precip in3.02.33.12.83.88.78.89.17.63.01.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeland 2, 1 mi away.

  • Cuban Tree Frog16 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk15 obs
  • Brown Anole14 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise9 obs
  • Little Blue Heron8 obs
  • Anhinga8 obs
  • Blue Jay8 obs
  • largeflower Mexican clover8 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/731221941

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