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Palmetto Park Community Garden

Palmetto Park Community Garden from directly overhead

Palmetto Park Community Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmetto Park, a park 0.1 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 12 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates27.76858, -82.66761

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palmetto Park: 0.1 mi
  • Seminole Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Switch Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jordan Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Historic Banyan Tree: 1.7 mi
  • Thrill Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Utopiary Land: 3.6 mi
  • City of Pinellas Park F-16 Aircraft Monument: 6.7 mi
  • Skyzone Trampoline Park: 9.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 44
Beaches: 23
Nature reserves: 20
  • Clam Bayou Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • No Mow Area: 3.1 mi
  • Placido Bayou Reserves West: 3.9 mi
  • Ross Island: 6.3 mi
  • Snake Island: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 14
Springs: 12
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Manatee Mineral Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Blue Sink: 23.3 mi
  • Ewanowski Spring: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 10.6 mi
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundESE 123°7 m10.6 mi
Portavant Indian MoundS 171°1 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1219:42
June solstice06:3619:5620:30
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
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, 3 mi away.

  • Brown Anole214 obs
  • White Ibis196 obs
  • Great Egret116 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel111 obs
  • White beggarticks103 obs
  • Wood Stork92 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper92 obs
  • Common Gallinule87 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/725983289

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