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Chapman Botanical Garden

Chapman Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Chapman Botanical Garden is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cactus Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 0.4 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Perpetuating the memory and work of Dr. Avin Wentworth Chapman 1809-1898, a botanist of national and internatioal stature and citizen of the city of Apalachicola

How to reach it

Coordinates29.73081, -84.99039

Overlooks nearby

72 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Orman House Historic State Park: 0.0 mi
  • Chapman Botanical Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Riverwalk Park: 0.1 mi
  • Holy Family Park: 0.2 mi
  • Franklin Square Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 7
  • Apalachicola Art Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Gorrie Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Apalachicola Maritime Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Nature Center: 6.3 mi
  • Constitution Convention Museum: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Nick's Hole: 7.6 mi
  • Tully Park: 7.6 mi
  • Doyle's Creek: 8.4 mi
  • Shelter 20: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Raney House: 0.3 mi
  • Journeys of Saint George Island: 9.0 mi
  • Oyster Boat: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Cactus Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Sugar Hill: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar HillE 92°6 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2019:52
June solstice06:4120:0920:44
September equinox07:2919:0719:38
December solstice07:3217:1017:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687581838380726357
Precip in4.34.25.13.43.16.36.48.45.94.43.33.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apalachicola AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3395401545

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