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Willoughby Ryan Marks

Willoughby Ryan Marks from directly overhead

Willoughby Ryan Marks is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Apalachicola Maritime Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY runs past it. 72 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
In memory of Lieutenant Willoughby Ryan Marks, Commanding; Co, C 61st inf, 5th Division SUA who chowed extraordinary valor and sacrificed his life above the call of duty in an attemt to save a comrade, killed in the Argonne, 10/12/1918

How to reach it

Coordinates29.72570, -84.98327

Overlooks nearby

72 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Nick's Hole: 7.1 mi
  • Tully Park: 7.1 mi
  • Doyle's Creek: 8.5 mi
  • Shelter 20: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Raney House: 0.2 mi
  • Journeys of Saint George Island: 8.5 mi
  • Oyster Boat: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Herb Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Sugar Hill: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar HillE 90°6 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2019:52
June solstice06:4120:0920:44
September equinox07:2919:0719:38
December solstice07:3217:1017:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687581838380726357
Precip in4.34.25.13.43.16.36.48.45.94.43.33.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apalachicola AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3395401547

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