City of Fort Myers Southwest Florida Museum of History
City of Fort Myers Southwest Florida Museum of History is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Howard Mound stands 4 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett-Hart Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL passes 28 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Southwest Florida Museum of History (SWFLM) is a history museum in Fort Myers, Florida. The museum is in historic downtown Ft. Myers, in a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot at 2031 Jackson Street (one block south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Exhibits include Paleo Indian artifacts, information on the Calusa and Seminole peoples, and information on Spanish explorers and early settlers, cattlemen, regional military history, agricultural history, and the boating and fishing industries. The collection includes antiques, decorative arts, a pioneer "Florida cracker" house, a 1926 La France fire pumper, and a 1929 private Pullman rail car.
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Wikidata Q17062165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL
Named places within 25 miles
- Bennett-Hart Park: 0.0 mi
- Miller Griffin Memorial Center: 0.2 mi
- Fort Myers Regional Library: 0.4 mi
- Patio De Leon: 0.4 mi
- City of Palms Park: 0.4 mi
- American Bald Eagle: 0.3 mi
- Sun Gate: 0.4 mi
- Caloosahatchee Manuscripts: 0.4 mi
- Lux: 0.4 mi
- The Florida Panther: 0.5 mi
- Billy Creek Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium: 3.5 mi
- Six Mile Cypress Preserve North: 5.2 mi
- Yellow Fever Creek Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Hickory Swamp Preserve: 8.1 mi
- The Florida Native Butterfly Society: 0.3 mi
- The Butterfly Estates: 0.3 mi
- Six Mile Cypress Slough: 5.4 mi
- Nature walk entrence: 5.8 mi
- Nature Walk: 5.9 mi
- Cape Coral Yacht club beach: 8.6 mi
- Beach Area: 11.9 mi
- Bunche Beach: 12.9 mi
- Waterfront: 13.1 mi
- Calusa Point: 15.5 mi
- IMAG History & Science Center: 0.4 mi
- Imaginarium Science Center: 0.4 mi
- Sydney Berne Davis Art Center: 0.5 mi
- Williams Academy Black History Museum: 1.2 mi
- Shell Factory Museum: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Stench Monument: 6.9 mi
- WW II Gun Turrets: 11.7 mi
- WW II Munitions Building: 11.8 mi
- WW II Munitions Building: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden (Botanical Garden): 5.7 mi
- Mary Jo Sanders Garden of Inspiration: 6.2 mi
- Environmental Club Garden: 7.2 mi
- The Woodlands Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Resident Gardens on The Island: 11.7 mi
- Howard Mound: 18.2 mi
- John Quiet Mound: 21.7 mi
- Faulkner Mound: 22.3 mi
- Cash Mound: 22.5 mi
- Charlotte County Truck Stop Northbound: 18.1 mi
- Bermont: 22.1 mi
- Boca Grande Lighthouse: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of City of Fort Myers Southwest Florida Museum of History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Mound | WNW 284° | 4 m | 18.2 mi |
| Cash Mound | WNW 301° | 4 m | 22.5 mi |
| Faulkner Mound | W 268° | 3 m | 22.3 mi |
| John Quiet Mound | WNW 300° | 2 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:09 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:51 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 17:06 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 65 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 67 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers Page FLD AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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