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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks from directly overhead

Rosa Parks is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ella Fitzgerald, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
No matter how much a person may try to tell you your liberty, Do not give up your seat on the bus of life. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

How to reach it

Coordinates26.61616, -80.05327

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • lake worth clock: 0.0 mi
  • Here's where the tropics begin, giant beach chair: 0.0 mi
  • Courtyard fountain: 0.1 mi
  • Red Royal Telephone box: 0.1 mi
  • giant typewriter keys: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Lake Worth Beach Art Park: 0.1 mi
  • Harold Grimes Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • R. G. Kreusler Park: 1.0 mi
  • Lake Worth Beach Park: 1.0 mi
  • R C Kreusler Park: 1.0 mi
Museums: 46
Nature reserves: 29
Attractions: 24
  • Greenacres Bowl: 5.4 mi
  • Verdes Tropicana Bowling: 5.5 mi
  • El Bravo - El Vedado - El Brillo: 5.6 mi
  • Via Minzer: 5.9 mi
  • Giant Kapok: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Berberyan Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Madonna Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Spanish Facade Garden: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkSSW 197°70 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:32
June solstice06:2819:4320:17
September equinox07:0918:4819:18
December solstice07:0516:5817:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F666871757982838382797369
Precip in3.52.63.33.74.98.55.68.78.05.93.63.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Palm Beach Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5980196270

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