East Florida Seminary
East Florida Seminary is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 2.8 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Founded as the Gainesville Academy before the Civil War and later renamed, the East Florida Seminary served Gainesville's need for higher education until the University of Florida was created by the Florida Legislature in 1905. The Seminary school buildin
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 4 mi
- Observation Tower · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bo Diddley Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Sweetwater Park: 0.2 mi
- Roper Park: 0.2 mi
- Pleasant Park: 0.4 mi
- Haisley Lynch Dog Park: 0.4 mi
- Glen Springs: 2.2 mi
- Boulware Springs: 2.4 mi
- Magnesia Springs: 11.5 mi
- Worthington Spring: 19.9 mi
- Blue Grotto Spring: 20.7 mi
- Sweetwater Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Lake Alice Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Morningside Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Butterfly Rainforest: 3.0 mi
- Split Rock Conservation Area: 5.2 mi
- Spanish Cattle Ranching: 0.0 mi
- First Gainesville Skirmish: 0.0 mi
- City of Gainesville: 0.0 mi
- Josiah T. Walls: 0.2 mi
- Todd C. Prosser Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Garden: 0.0 mi
- The Thomas Center Gardens: 0.3 mi
- McRorie Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Todd C. Prosser Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Todd C. Prosser Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.0 mi
- Gator Ubiquity: 1.0 mi
- Albert A. Murphree: 1.1 mi
- The Potato: 1.3 mi
- The French Fries: 1.3 mi
- Matheson History Museum: 0.2 mi
- Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention: 0.6 mi
- Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center: 0.7 mi
- A. Quinn Jones House: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Hall: 1.5 mi
- Century Tower: 1.2 mi
- Ring of Honor: 1.5 mi
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: 1.5 mi
- Bat House: 2.4 mi
- Bat House: 2.5 mi
- Little Garrison Hammock: 13.3 mi
- Garrison Hammock: 13.4 mi
- Spring Hill: 17.7 mi
- Underwood Hill: 18.7 mi
- Spring Hill: 22.5 mi
- 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Traxler: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Florida Seminary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Hill | NW 310° | 55 m | 18.7 mi |
| Spring Hill | NW 315° | 43 m | 17.7 mi |
| Spring Hill | SW 226° | 40 m | 22.5 mi |
| Garrison Hammock | SE 128° | 25 m | 13.4 mi |
| Little Garrison Hammock | SE 131° | 21 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville Rgnl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10186157887
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