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Walking Club Rock

Walking Club Rock from directly overhead

Walking Club Rock is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Armed Forces Dedication Plaque, a historic site 0.1 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Plaque on a large sea rock.

How to reach it

Coordinates27.71059, -82.35853

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Kings Point Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lantern View Park: 4.1 mi
  • Beaudette Park: 4.4 mi
  • Ayersworth Park: 4.4 mi
  • New Lakeside Park: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 60
  • Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center: 3.9 mi
  • Manatee Viewing Center: 6.2 mi
  • Manatee Viewing Center: 6.2 mi
  • iFly Tampa: 15.3 mi
  • Royal Caribbean cruise port: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 49
  • Morning Stars: 17.0 mi
  • "Untitled": 17.0 mi
  • Bending Arc: 17.1 mi
  • Myth: 17.2 mi
  • Solstice: 17.5 mi
Museums: 37
Beaches: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Springs: 17
  • Boyette Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Green Sink Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Buckhorn South Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Buckhorn West Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Buckhorn East Spring: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 11
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 10.1 mi
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundW 260°7 m10.1 mi
Portavant Indian MoundSW 233°1 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3519:5520:29
September equinox07:1918:5719:27
December solstice07:1717:0517:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F616468727781828281766964
Precip in2.72.23.02.73.07.98.28.87.72.92.02.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa BAY Area WFO, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5659308135

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