Hillsboro Inlet Light Station
Hillsboro Inlet Light Station is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillsboro Inlet Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY runs past it.
The story
in Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
Wikidata Q5763574, matched on coordinates and name (132 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- In 1901, the U.S. Congress approved funding for a light near Hillsboro Point to fill a 90-mile void between the town of Jupiter and the Cape of Florida. Manufactured in Detroit, Michigan and reassembled at the Hillsboro Inlet in 1906...
How to reach it
- On the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillsboro Inlet Park: 0.0 mi
- Surfboard Park: 0.2 mi
- Beach Path: 0.2 mi
- Dixon Ahl Park: 0.4 mi
- Exchange Club Park: 0.4 mi
- The Barefoot Mailman: 0.2 mi
- Sisters: 4.2 mi
- Lily in Berea: 4.3 mi
- Addison Mizner Statue: 5.9 mi
- Mending Wall: 6.6 mi
- Blanche Ely House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Creation Science Museum: 4.3 mi
- South Florida Railway Museum: 4.6 mi
- Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum: 6.3 mi
- Boca Raton Children's Museum: 6.5 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse: 0.2 mi
- Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol: 1.5 mi
- Athletic Hall of Fame: 4.6 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: 7.0 mi
- Coral Springs Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Deerfield Highlands Nature Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Tivoli Sand Pines Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Military Trail Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- Blazing Star Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Fern Forest Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Max’s Barber: 2.7 mi
- Butterfly World: 5.5 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Lounge Car 6603: 5.6 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Dining Car 6113: 5.7 mi
- Gumbo Limbo Nature Center: 7.3 mi
- Boca Raton Museum Art School Sculpture Garden: 6.3 mi
- Boca Raton Museum Sculpture Garden: 6.6 mi
- Sculpture Promenade: 6.6 mi
- Boca Raton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden: 6.7 mi
- Boca Raton Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hollywood Beach: 16.2 mi
- Delray Public Beach: 17.5 mi
- Sunny Isles Beach: 23.0 mi
- Haulover Beach: 23.6 mi
- The Bungalow: 0.2 mi
- Inlet House: 0.2 mi
- Keeper's Quarters: 0.2 mi
- Timer and Generator Building: 0.2 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light: 0.2 mi
- Daggerwing: 5.4 mi
- Elfin: 5.4 mi
- Crescent: 5.5 mi
- Grandiosa: 5.6 mi
- Picnic area: 6.7 mi
- Yamato Colony: 10.8 mi
- Andytown: 23.6 mi
- Inverrary Waterfalls: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillsboro Inlet Light Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park | WNW 286° | 70 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:43 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:59 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 68 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 71 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompano Beach Airpark, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9141453889
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- Greater Miami · 21 mi
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