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Tarragona Tower

Tarragona Tower from directly overhead

Tarragona Tower is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Buncombe Hill stands 12 m to the west-southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Southeast Museum of Photography, a museum 0.2 miles away. HALIFAX HERITAGE BYWAY runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.20056, -81.04616

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Echo Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Tuscawilla Park: 0.3 mi
  • Student Village Courtyard: 0.6 mi
  • Tuskawilla Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Cypress Park: 0.8 mi
Museums: 41
Historic sites: 39
  • William H.G. France & Anne Bledsoe France: 1.4 mi
  • Dune Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Charles Burgoyne: 1.8 mi
  • J. Saxton Lloyd: 1.8 mi
  • Florida Cabbage Palm: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Legacy Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Derbyshire Place Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Flower Circle: 4.7 mi
  • Public Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Nature Playground Garden: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 10
Nature reserves: 9
  • Pineland Natural Conservation Area: 7.3 mi
  • Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve: 9.5 mi
  • Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve: 19.8 mi
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refugee: 22.9 mi
  • Scrub Oak Preserve: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Zoom Air Adventure Park: 0.3 mi
  • Daytona International Speedway Visitors Center: 1.4 mi
  • UNOH FanZone: 1.7 mi
  • Skydive Deland: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Disappearing Island: 11.5 mi
  • Inlet Shore Beach Area: 12.2 mi
  • New Smyrna Beach: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Buncombe Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Green Mound: 8.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • DeLeon Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Volusia Blue Spring: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buncombe HillWSW 258°12 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0519:36
June solstice06:2619:5220:27
September equinox07:1318:5119:22
December solstice07:1516:5517:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596165717680828381756862
Precip in3.03.03.62.63.56.76.76.76.84.93.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Daytona Beach, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 05000368OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Tarragona Tower, reference 05000368, listed 05/06/05.

OpenStreetMap element way/361053323

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