Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol
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
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- 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
- On the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- The Barefoot Mailman: 1.5 mi
- Sisters: 3.8 mi
- Lily in Berea: 4.3 mi
- Addison Mizner Statue: 7.3 mi
- [Chadwick Boseman]: 7.9 mi
- Blanche Ely House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Creation Science Museum: 5.1 mi
- South Florida Railway Museum: 5.6 mi
- Bonnet House: 7.3 mi
- Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum: 7.7 mi
- 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
- Max’s Barber: 3.7 mi
- Butterfly World: 5.4 mi
- Sunrise Paddleboards: 5.9 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Lounge Car 6603: 7.1 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Dining Car 6113: 7.1 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse: 1.5 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light Station: 1.5 mi
- Athletic Hall of Fame: 3.2 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: 8.4 mi
- Indian Haulover: 8.8 mi
- Boca Raton Museum Art School Sculpture Garden: 7.7 mi
- Boca Raton Museum Sculpture Garden: 8.0 mi
- Sculpture Promenade: 8.1 mi
- Boca Raton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden: 8.1 mi
- Boca Raton Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hollywood Beach: 14.7 mi
- Delray Public Beach: 19.0 mi
- Sunny Isles Beach: 21.5 mi
- Haulover Beach: 22.1 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light: 1.5 mi
- Inlet House: 1.5 mi
- Keeper's Quarters: 1.5 mi
- The Bungalow: 1.5 mi
- Timer and Generator Building: 1.5 mi
- Daggerwing: 5.3 mi
- Elfin: 5.3 mi
- Grandiosa: 5.4 mi
- Crescent: 5.4 mi
- Picnic area: 6.0 mi
- Yamato Colony: 12.2 mi
- Andytown: 22.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park | WNW 302° | 70 m | 5.4 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 | 17:00 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9141410539
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- Greater Miami · 20 mi
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