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Brewster

Brewster from directly overhead

Brewster is a ghost town in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Lakeland Highlands stands 81 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mulberry Phosphate Museum, a museum 9.8 miles away. THE RIDGE HWY passes 26 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

census-designated place in Polk County, Florida

The record

What the record says

Abandoned
2020
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates27.75250, -81.97972
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Keysville Park: 9.9 mi
  • Centennial Park and Butterfly Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Centennial Park and Butterfly Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Mulberry Park: 10.1 mi
  • Thatcher County Park: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Black Tiger Airsoft: 10.7 mi
  • W. Henry Lewis House Historical Marker: 11.2 mi
  • Paynes Creek State Park Visitor Center: 13.8 mi
  • Emmet's Super Suite - Character Meet & Greet: 24.1 mi
  • The LEGO MOVIE World: 24.1 mi
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 11
Historic sites: 7
Springs: 7
  • Lithia Minor Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Lithia Major Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Boyette Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Green Sink Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Buckhorn East Spring: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Mountain: 10.6 mi
  • Lakeland Highlands: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lithia Springs: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Butterfly Gate: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lakeland HighlandsNNE 14°81 m15.0 mi
Sand MountainE 100°39 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0919:40
June solstice06:3319:5320:27
September equinox07:1718:5519:26
December solstice07:1517:0317:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F616468737881828281766864
Precip in2.72.12.82.72.98.37.67.87.33.01.52.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1SE, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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