Karpeles Manuscript Library
Karpeles Manuscript Library is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Armory Building, a park 0.4 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 13 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum was a museum in Jacksonville, Florida, one of ten (as of June 2023) Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums in the United States, all housed in repurposed old buildings. Other locations of Karpeles Museums include Buffalo, NY; Duluth, MN; Santa Barbara, CA; Tacoma, WA; Alvin, TX; Rock Island, IL; Gloversville, NY; Lake Mary, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; and St. Augustine, FL. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums display manuscripts and documents from the private collection of David and Marsha Karpeles, the world's largest privately owned collection. The museum opened in 1992 in the former First Church of Christ, Scientist building in Jacksonville's Springfield neighborhood. The Classical Revival structure, constructed in 1921, is a contributing property in the Springfield Historic District and is listed as No. SP-61 by the Jacksonville Historic Landmarks Commission.
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Dates from 1992.
Wikidata Q6373297, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS)
- 14.1 mi off the WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL
- 17.0 mi off the A1A HISTORIC BYWAY
- 25.6 mi off the JC PENNEY MEM HWY
Overlooks nearby
- North Overlook · 22 mi
- South Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Armory Building: 0.4 mi
- Manson "Bull" Felder Park: 0.5 mi
- James Weldon Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
- James Weldon Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
- Ritz Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Riverview Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Hornbill Aviary: 4.4 mi
- Komodo Dragons: 4.4 mi
- Visayan Warty Hog: 4.4 mi
- Sulawesi Babirusa: 4.4 mi
- Jaxoscope: 0.7 mi
- Nova: 0.8 mi
- Showing the Way: Tille K. Fowler Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Jaguar: 1.4 mi
- Coming Home: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville: 0.5 mi
- Ritz Theatre and Museum: 0.6 mi
- Brown Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Jacksonville Fire Museum: 1.0 mi
- USS Orleck: 1.0 mi
- Lower Olmsted Garden: 1.9 mi
- Upper Olmsted Garden: 1.9 mi
- Italian Garden: 1.9 mi
- English Garden: 1.9 mi
- Asian Bamboo Garden: 4.4 mi
- Crosby Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Crosby Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Seaton Creek Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Pablo Creek Perserve: 13.7 mi
- Betz-Tiger Point Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Andrew Jackson: 0.8 mi
- Market Street Horror: 1.0 mi
- Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 1.3 mi
- Grove Park Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Pottsburg Spring: 6.1 mi
- Wadesboro Spring: 13.0 mi
- Ww Gay 1 Spring: 13.3 mi
- Ww Gay 2 Spring: 13.4 mi
- Sunowa Spring: 15.2 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Black Point: 8.3 mi
- Beauclerc Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Saint Johns Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Half Moon Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Seminole Beach: 16.0 mi
- Bone Yard Beach: 16.8 mi
- Mickler's Landing: 21.7 mi
- Shee Beach: 22.6 mi
- Round Top: 9.8 mi
- Indian Mound: 14.0 mi
- Mount Cornelia: 15.2 mi
- Saint Johns County Rest Area I-95 Southbound: 19.2 mi
- Saint Johns County Rest Area I-95 Northbound: 19.5 mi
- Official Florida Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
- Yukon: 7.6 mi
- Cornerstone Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Karpeles Manuscript Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cornelia | ENE 64° | 15 m | 15.2 mi |
| Round Top | NE 55° | 8 m | 9.8 mi |
| Indian Mound | E 82° | 3 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:55 | 17:31 |
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 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 74 | 65 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville NAS, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3099855229
Day trips start here
- Jacksonville · 0 mi
- Orange Park · 12 mi
- Mayport · 15 mi
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve · 15 mi
- Jacksonville Beach · 16 mi
- Neptune Beach · 16 mi
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