Florida Historic Capitol Museum
Florida Historic Capitol Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Officer Down, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 3.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
state capitol building of the U.S. state of Florida
Dates from 1839.
Wikidata Q1430074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1845
What to expect
- Operated by
- Florida Legislature
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Curtis L Waller Park: 0.1 mi
- Kleman Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Ponce de Leon Park: 0.3 mi
- Bloxham Park: 0.3 mi
- McCarty Park: 0.3 mi
- Horn Spring: 12.3 mi
- Rhodes Spring 2: 12.7 mi
- Double Springs: 12.9 mi
- Rhodes Spring 4: 13.0 mi
- Rhodes Spring 1: 13.0 mi
- Florida Vietnam War Veteran's Memorial: 0.1 mi
- John G. Riley House: 0.3 mi
- Four Corners of History Exhibit: 0.3 mi
- Enduring Spirit: 0.3 mi
- Community Spirit: 0.3 mi
- Officer Down: 0.0 mi
- Stormsong: 0.1 mi
- Florida's Nature: 0.2 mi
- Library Live Oak: 0.4 mi
- Sculpture garden: 0.7 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 2.9 mi
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park: 6.2 mi
- Silver Lake Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Talquin WMA: 9.4 mi
- L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area: 9.7 mi
- The Union Bank: 0.1 mi
- R.A. Gray Florida History Museum: 0.2 mi
- Knott House Museum: 0.3 mi
- FSU Museum of Fine Arts: 0.6 mi
- The Grove Museum: 0.9 mi
- Plantasia: 0.5 mi
- Dent Street Diggers Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Seminole Organic Garden: 1.2 mi
- Ripe City Urban Farm: 1.3 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 19.4 mi
- Calico Hill: 20.0 mi
- Sand Hills: 23.8 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 5.8 mi
- Observation Deck: 21.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 1.2 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Florida Historic Capitol Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calico Hill | ESE 118° | 11 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sand Hills | SSE 147° | 3 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:04 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/80735127
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 2 mi
- Quincy · 21 mi
- Apalachicola National Forest · 27 mi
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