Smokey Hollow Historic Site
Smokey Hollow Historic Site is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Family + Home Spirit, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 4.1 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Smokey Hollow Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on October 27, 2000) located in Tallahassee, Florida. It was one of the first black neighborhoods in the state's capitol city, spanning 85 acres before its destruction, and presently containing 14 historic buildings and 3 structures The district is bounded by East Lafayette Street, CSX RR tracks, Myers Park and Myers Park Lane. It contains 14 historic buildings and 3 structures.
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Wikidata Q7546155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Genevieve Randolph Park: 0.3 mi
- Lewis Park: 0.3 mi
- Bloxham Park: 0.3 mi
- Curtis L Waller Park: 0.4 mi
- Centennial Field: 0.4 mi
- Horn Spring: 12.1 mi
- Rhodes Spring 2: 12.6 mi
- Rhodes Spring 4: 12.9 mi
- Double Springs: 12.9 mi
- Rhodes Spring 1: 12.9 mi
- Family + Home Spirit: 0.0 mi
- Community Spirit: 0.0 mi
- Enduring Spirit: 0.0 mi
- John G. Riley House: 0.1 mi
- Florida Korean War Veteran's Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Officer Down: 0.3 mi
- Stormsong: 0.4 mi
- Florida's Nature: 0.5 mi
- Library Live Oak: 0.5 mi
- Claude Pepper (1900 - 1989): 1.0 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 3.1 mi
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park: 6.2 mi
- Silver Lake Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area: 9.4 mi
- Talquin WMA: 9.6 mi
- The Union Bank: 0.2 mi
- Knott House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Florida Historic Capitol Museum: 0.3 mi
- R.A. Gray Florida History Museum: 0.5 mi
- FSU Museum of Fine Arts: 0.9 mi
- Plantasia: 0.7 mi
- Dent Street Diggers Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Ripe City Urban Farm: 1.4 mi
- Seminole Organic Garden: 1.5 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 19.4 mi
- Calico Hill: 19.8 mi
- Sand Hills: 23.7 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 6.0 mi
- Observation Deck: 21.3 mi
- Pine Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 0.9 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smokey Hollow Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calico Hill | ESE 118° | 11 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sand Hills | SSE 148° | 3 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:04 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/380194437
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 2 mi
- Quincy · 21 mi
- Apalachicola National Forest · 27 mi
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