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Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol

Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol from directly overhead

Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol 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, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Harbor's Edge Park, a park 0.5 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY runs past it.

What the record says

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The recreation area encompassed by Colony Club Road, during World War II (1941-1945), was the site of the corrals and paddocks for the United States Coast Guard’s Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol. The mounted beach patrol protected the coast from U-boat

How to reach it

Coordinates26.24003, -80.09109

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harbor's Edge Park: 0.5 mi
  • Officer Scott A. Winters Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Alsdorf Boat Launching Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pompano Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • McNab Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 33
  • Deerfield Highlands Nature Reserve: 3.3 mi
  • Military Trail Natural Area: 4.2 mi
  • Tivoli Sand Pines Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Fern Forest Nature Center: 6.1 mi
  • Blazing Star Reserve: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 30
Historic sites: 19
Gardens: 16
Picnic sites: 5
  • Daggerwing: 5.3 mi
  • Elfin: 5.3 mi
  • Grandiosa: 5.4 mi
  • Crescent: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic area: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Inverrary Waterfalls: 9.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkWNW 302°70 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0219:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:16
September equinox07:1018:4819:18
December solstice07:0417:0017:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F687073778083848483807571
Precip in1.92.02.93.45.58.15.36.37.66.63.72.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompano Beach Airpark, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9141410539

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