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Challenger Memorial Lantern

Challenger Memorial Lantern from directly overhead

Challenger Memorial Lantern is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiraniwa Flat Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 8.9 miles off.

Dedicated to the seven Challenger astronauts including Ellison Onizuka, the first person of Asian descent to travel into space. The lantern is in the Kasuga-style.

How to reach it

Coordinates26.42722, -80.15730

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Museums: 57
Attractions: 41
Nature reserves: 34
  • Pondhawk Natural Area: 3.6 mi
  • Wakodahatchee Wetlands: 3.7 mi
  • Serenoa Glade Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Daggerwing Nature Center: 5.4 mi
  • Blazing Star Reserve: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 31
Picnic sites: 6
  • Crescent: 11.0 mi
  • Daggerwing: 11.1 mi
  • Elfin: 11.1 mi
  • Grandiosa: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic area: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Inverrary Waterfalls: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkS 183°70 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0219:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:17
September equinox07:1018:4819:19
December solstice07:0516:5917:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770737781828281787269
Precip in3.32.83.03.15.09.76.78.38.66.43.73.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loxahatchee NWR, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9937516652

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