Weedon Island
Weedon Island is a ghost town in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Weedon Island State Preserve, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 8.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Pinellas County, Florida, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1898
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 14.6 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 19.8 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
- 24.2 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Weedon Island State Preserve: 0.0 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 1.6 mi
- Denver Park: 1.7 mi
- Shore Acres Mini Park: 1.7 mi
- Northeast Park: 1.8 mi
- Bayflite Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- Huggins-Stengel Field: 4.8 mi
- Carillon Bell Tower: 4.9 mi
- Port Tampa Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- Port Tampa Cemetery: 6.0 mi
- Utopiary Land: 3.2 mi
- Historic Banyan Tree: 5.4 mi
- City of Pinellas Park F-16 Aircraft Monument: 6.1 mi
- Thrill Hill: 6.6 mi
- Skyzone Trampoline Park: 8.5 mi
- Bending Arc: 5.2 mi
- Morning Stars: 5.2 mi
- Myth: 5.3 mi
- Herbert Scott Davis Mural: 5.6 mi
- Donnelly Mural: 5.6 mi
- Great Explorations Children's Museum: 4.4 mi
- Tampa Bay Automobile Museum: 4.8 mi
- Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center: 5.2 mi
- Museum of Fine Arts: 5.2 mi
- Saint Petersburg Museum of History: 5.2 mi
- Benjamin Island: 0.4 mi
- Snake Island: 0.4 mi
- Ross Island: 1.1 mi
- Placido Bayou Reserves West: 2.7 mi
- No Mow Area: 7.7 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 3.0 mi
- Spa Beach: 5.1 mi
- Bahama Beach: 9.3 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 8.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 15.2 mi
- Blue Sink: 16.7 mi
- Ewanowski Spring: 16.7 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 18.3 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: 4.6 mi
- Cultural Grove: 5.2 mi
- The Sage garden: 5.9 mi
- Freedom Lake Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 8.7 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Picnic Bench: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 23.2 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 23.2 mi
- Fort Brooke: 11.1 mi
- Gulf City: 12.9 mi
- Willow: 20.9 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 12.1 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 21.8 mi
- Sunset Hills: 24.2 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weedon Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | SSE 156° | 7 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sunset Hills | NNW 333° | 5 m | 24.2 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | S 184° | 1 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:56 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location confirmed against Wikidata.
WikidataDay trips start here
- Saint Petersburg · 5 mi
- Tampa · 11 mi
- Clearwater · 15 mi
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