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Timer and Generator Building

Timer and Generator Building, seen from above at true elevation

Timer and Generator Building is a lighthouse in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's Quarters, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY runs past it.

The story

lighthouse in Florida, United States

Dates from 1907.

Wikidata Q12060127, joined on its National Register reference.

What the record says

Built
1942

How to reach it

Coordinates26.25971, -80.08075

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Surfboard Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hillsboro Inlet Park: 0.2 mi
  • Beach Path: 0.2 mi
  • Dixon Ahl Park: 0.6 mi
  • Exchange Club Park: 0.6 mi
Museums: 38
Historic sites: 37
Nature reserves: 34
  • Deerfield Highlands Nature Reserve: 2.6 mi
  • Tivoli Sand Pines Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Military Trail Natural Area: 3.8 mi
  • Blazing Star Reserve: 6.5 mi
  • Fern Forest Nature Center: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 30
Gardens: 16
Picnic sites: 5
  • Daggerwing: 5.6 mi
  • Elfin: 5.6 mi
  • Crescent: 5.7 mi
  • Grandiosa: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic area: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Inverrary Waterfalls: 11.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkWNW 286°70 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0219:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:16
September equinox07:1018:4819:18
December solstice07:0416:5917:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F687073778083848483807571
Precip in1.92.02.93.45.58.15.36.37.66.63.72.5

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

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Hillsboro Inlet, Coast Guard Light Station, FL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 79000661OpenStreetMap
  • National Register of Historic Places — Hillsboro Inlet Light Station, reference 79000661, listed 02/16/74.

OpenStreetMap element way/989051538

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