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Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden

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Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. The nearest named place is Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 0.3 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles.

The story

arboretum and botanical garden in Key West, Florida

Dates from 1939.

Wikidata Q6398129, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates24.57507, -81.74823

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
  • Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cozumel Park: 0.6 mi
  • Clark Maxwell Environmental Habitat: 0.7 mi
  • Alvin Frasier III Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Fort Tayla: 1.6 mi
  • Vietnam War Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Key West Aids Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Southernmost Point: 3.6 mi
  • Burnt Down Building: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Smathers Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Higgs Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Higgs Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Dog Beach: 3.4 mi
  • South Beach: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Bernstein Park: 0.7 mi
  • Key West Garden Club: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Sculpture Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Marilyn Monroe: 3.7 mi
  • Mary: 3.8 mi
  • Embracing Peace: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • The Key West Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Key West Butterfly and Nature Consevatory: 3.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Felton Road: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnick Area: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0919:39
June solstice06:4019:4620:19
September equinox07:1618:5519:25
December solstice07:0817:1017:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717274788184858684817773
Precip in1.81.51.52.13.14.23.65.47.25.72.02.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — KEY W Intl AP, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/84902777

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