Gillespie Museum
Gillespie Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Buncombe Hill stands 12 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest of Arden, a park 0.1 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Gillespie Museum is located in DeLand, Florida, on the Stetson University campus. It houses one of the largest gem and mineral collections in the southeast. Thomas Byrd and Nellie Gillespie began collecting after being struck by the beauty of a particularly fine mineral collection on display in Seattle in the 1930s. Assisted by mineralogists Edwin Over and Arthur Montgomery, their collection grew to include a considerable number of specimens spanning a wide range of species. After nearly three decades of collecting, the Gillespies donated a significant part of their collection to Stetson University in 1958. They continued to offer financial support for the acquisition of outstanding specimens, in addition to gifting more of their personal collection for years to come.
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Wikidata Q5562116, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
- 12.4 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 15.9 mi off the HRTG CROSSROADS HWY
- 19.0 mi off the HALIFAX HERITAGE BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Airport Observation Deck · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest of Arden: 0.1 mi
- Painter's Pond Park: 0.1 mi
- Sunflower Park: 0.2 mi
- Rinker Native Plant Garden: 0.3 mi
- CUB Circle: 0.3 mi
- Volusia Blue Spring: 6.4 mi
- DeLeon Spring: 7.9 mi
- Mosquito Springs: 8.1 mi
- Gemini Springs: 11.8 mi
- Green Springs: 12.2 mi
- Hand Art Center: 0.2 mi
- Duncan Gallery of Art: 0.2 mi
- DeLand House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Florida Art: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- Hulley Tower: 0.3 mi
- Chuck Lennon Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- F-15 Eagle: 11.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Scrub Oak Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 5.3 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 5.7 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 6.3 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 7.2 mi
- Reverend Eloise Page Meditation Garden: 6.0 mi
- The Bunny Garden: 6.0 mi
- Webster Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Bride's Garden: 7.6 mi
- Harmony Gardens Tropical Wedding Garden: 7.6 mi
- Bluemner Kouba Collection: Oscar Bluemner: 0.2 mi
- John B. Stetson: 0.2 mi
- Alligator Sculpture: 13.4 mi
- Rock: 15.0 mi
- Pathways to the Sky: 18.4 mi
- Skydive Deland: 2.4 mi
- ZOOm Air Orlando: 14.4 mi
- UNOH FanZone: 17.5 mi
- Daytona International Speedway Visitors Center: 17.8 mi
- Zoom Air Adventure Park: 19.5 mi
- Buncombe Hill: 13.0 mi
- Shell Mound: 17.8 mi
- Green Mound: 21.9 mi
- Bowers Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Morrison Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Caldwell Point: 21.6 mi
- Disappearing Island: 22.6 mi
- Inlet Shore Beach Area: 23.2 mi
- New Smyrna Beach: 24.8 mi
- The Grove: 15.1 mi
- Central Florida Bible Camp: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gillespie Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe Hill | NE 39° | 12 m | 13.0 mi |
| Shell Mound | NW 305° | 2 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:53 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 65 | 60 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deland 1 SSE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Daytona Beach · 20 mi
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