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Weedon Island

Weedon Island from directly overhead

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

Coordinates27.84530, -82.60149

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Artworks
Historic sites: 54
  • Bayflite Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
  • Huggins-Stengel Field: 4.8 mi
  • Carillon Bell Tower: 4.9 mi
  • Port Tampa Cemetery: 5.5 mi
  • U.S. Central Command Memorial: 6.8 mi
Museums: 46
Attractions
  • 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
Nature reserves: 30
Beaches: 23
Springs: 19
  • 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
Gardens: 17
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 12.1 mi
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 21.8 mi
  • Sunset Hills: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundSSE7 m12.1 mi
Sunset HillsNNW5 m24.2 mi
Portavant Indian MoundS1 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3619:5620:30
September equinox07:2018:5719:28
December solstice07:1817:0517:41

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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