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Historical Exhibits & Education Center

Historical Exhibits & Education Center from directly overhead

Historical Exhibits & Education Center is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarasota Garden Club, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Sarasota County

How to reach it

Coordinates27.34221, -82.54766

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
  • Five Points Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ringling Bridge Causeway Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 34
Attractions: 25
  • Public Beach Access Point: 5.8 mi
  • Linder Turf and Tractor: 7.0 mi
  • Passage Key Dolphin Tours: 11.4 mi
  • Manatee County Fair: 12.9 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 12.9 mi
Museums: 23
Beaches: 20
Nature reserves: 19
  • Quick Point Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Red Bug Slough Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Red Bug Slough Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Historic Spanish Point: 10.0 mi
  • Scherer Thaxton Preserve: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 13
  • Sarasota Garden Club: 0.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Bromeliad Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Green Roof: 1.1 mi
  • Fragrence Garden: 1.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Peaks: 3
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 13.9 mi
  • Caloosa Indian Mound: 17.7 mi
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 23.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Manatee Mineral Spring: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historical Exhibits & Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundN 4°7 m23.7 mi
Caloosa Indian MoundE 100°6 m17.7 mi
Portavant Indian MoundNNW 340°1 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3719:5520:29
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1717:0717:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626568737882838382777065
Precip in2.81.92.92.52.67.17.49.16.02.81.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sarasota Bradenton AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/172230233

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