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Tilton

Tilton from directly overhead

Tilton is a ghost town in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Womans Bluff, a cliff 3.1 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 5.9 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles.

unincorporated community in Franklin County, Florida

How to reach it

Coordinates29.73914, -85.08227

Overlooks nearby

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
  • D.W. Wilson Sports Complex: 4.1 mi
  • Sylvester Williams Park: 5.1 mi
  • Sunset Park: 5.2 mi
  • Franklin Square Park: 5.3 mi
  • Holy Family Park: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 6
  • Apalachicola Art Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Gorrie Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Apalachicola Maritime Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Nature Center: 11.8 mi
  • Constitution Convention Museum: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tully Park: 12.0 mi
  • Doyle's Creek: 12.0 mi
  • Nick's Hole: 12.0 mi
  • Shelter 20: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Raney House: 5.8 mi
  • Journeys of Saint George Island: 14.3 mi
  • Oyster Boat: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Cactus Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Sugar Hill: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar HillE 93°6 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2119:52
June solstice06:4120:1020:45
September equinox07:2919:0719:38
December solstice07:3217:1017:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762677581828279726257
Precip in4.14.24.32.91.95.95.77.85.43.63.73.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apalachicola AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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