Florida Maritime Museum
Florida Maritime Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Florida Maritime Museum Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. BRADENTON BEACH HWY passes 1.1 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Florida Maritime Museum is a museum, sponsored by Manatee County Clerk of Circuit Courts, located on almost 4 acres (1.6 ha) of land known as the Cortez Nature Preserve within the historic fishing village of Cortez, Florida. It is open Tuesday-Friday and every second and fourth Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The museum tells a number of stories pertaining to all aspects of Florida's maritime history. Exhibits include historic photographs, boat models, tools, instruments, and other historic artifacts. The museum also features a large collection of shells from the Gulf of Mexico and a research library with a variety of books, plans, logs, diaries, periodicals, letters, records and related archival material whose content is relevant to research concerning maritime subjects, with special emphases on Florida's Gulf Coast. The museum is also home to The Folk School, which teaches traditional Florida maritime skills and folk art. The museum is housed in a 1912 schoolhouse building at 4415 119th Street West. Other historic structures located on the site include the 1890 Burton/Bratton Store, a wooden cistern, and the 1907 Pillsbury Boatshop.
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Wikidata Q16908601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the BRADENTON BEACH HWY
- 2.0 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 6.4 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Mound · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Florida Maritime Museum Park: 0.0 mi
- Lou Barolo Park: 1.1 mi
- Moose Club 2188 Beach: 1.1 mi
- Private Moose Beach: 1.2 mi
- Leffis Key Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Emerson's Studio / Store: 5.4 mi
- Totally Tubular Lawyer: 6.2 mi
- Chrysalis Launcher: 6.9 mi
- Sound Dishes: 7.2 mi
- Big Eyes Big Ears: 7.3 mi
- Hernando De Soto Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature: 7.0 mi
- Bishop Planetarium: 7.0 mi
- Manatee County Agricultural Museum: 7.2 mi
- Ca' da Zan (Ringling House): 9.2 mi
- Memorial Cross: 4.4 mi
- Holy Eucharist Monument: 4.4 mi
- De Soto Monument: 4.5 mi
- Tabby House Ruins: 4.6 mi
- Passage Key: 5.8 mi
- Manatee County Beach: 3.0 mi
- Seven Pines: 3.9 mi
- Indian Beach: 10.5 mi
- Dog Beach: 10.6 mi
- East Beach: 10.9 mi
- Merchants Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Secret Garden: 9.2 mi
- Mabel Ringling's Rose Garden: 9.3 mi
- Drawf Garden: 9.5 mi
- Sarasota Garden Club: 11.9 mi
- Neal Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Quick Point Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Clam Bayou Nature Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Passage Key Dolphin Tours: 1.4 mi
- Public Beach Access Point: 6.9 mi
- Manatee County Fair: 7.3 mi
- Linder Turf and Tractor: 8.3 mi
- Lincoln Park: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Bench: 4.4 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 4.8 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 5.5 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 17.9 mi
- Manatee Mineral Spring: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Florida Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | NNE 33° | 7 m | 17.9 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | NE 37° | 1 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:37 | 19:56 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:07 | 17:42 |
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 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sarasota Bradenton AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Saint Petersburg · 21 mi
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