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Black Hawk Memorial

Black Hawk Memorial from directly overhead

Black Hawk Memorial is a historic site in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Sabine Sand Hills stands 4 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Navarre Park, a park 0.1 miles away. PENSACOLA BLUFFS HWY passes 18 miles off.

A memorial to national guard airmen who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash in Santa Rosa Sound.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates30.40097, -86.86617

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Navarre Park: 0.1 mi
  • West Navarre Park: 1.0 mi
  • Navarre Beach Park: 1.3 mi
  • Navarre Soccer Complex: 2.4 mi
  • Lighthouse Pointe Playground 2: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 50
  • Combat Talon Aircrew S-01 Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Combat Talon Aircrew S-59 Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Medal of Honor Recipients: World War I: 9.9 mi
  • Medal of Honor Recipients: Korea: 9.9 mi
  • Jockey 14 Memorial: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Fort Gator: 16.2 mi
  • Tortoise Hideaway: 16.2 mi
  • The Bayou: 16.2 mi
  • Tide Pool: 16.2 mi
  • Bird & Reptile Sanctuary: 16.2 mi
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 9
Beaches: 5
  • Navarre Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Opal Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Park East On-Leash Dog Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Park West On-Leash Dog Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Princess Beach: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Boiling Creek Bridge: 11.3 mi
  • Langdon Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Sugar Bowl Protected Area: 13.8 mi
  • Veterans Park Rookery: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Cremation Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Aragon Community Garden: 20.4 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Sabine Sand Hills: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sabine Sand HillsWSW 254°4 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2818:59
June solstice05:4719:1819:53
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4116:1516:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525662677481828279696054
Precip in4.74.75.15.23.46.07.38.65.63.84.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Choctaw Naval Outlying FLD MIL, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6434671424

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