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Lake Maggiore Environmental Education Center

Lake Maggiore Environmental Education Center from directly overhead

Lake Maggiore Environmental Education Center is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayou Highlands Neighborhood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 9.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Height
15.6300000000 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.72468, -82.65052

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bayou Highlands Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lakewood Sports Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Boyd Hill Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Lake Vista Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lakewood Terrace Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 32
  • Thrill Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Historic Banyan Tree: 3.6 mi
  • Utopiary Land: 6.2 mi
  • City of Pinellas Park F-16 Aircraft Monument: 9.9 mi
  • Skyzone Trampoline Park: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 21
Nature reserves: 19
  • No Mow Area: 1.5 mi
  • Clam Bayou Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Placido Bayou Reserves West: 6.3 mi
  • Ross Island: 8.2 mi
  • Snake Island: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 15
Springs: 8
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Manatee Mineral Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Buckhorn South Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Buckhorn West Spring: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 8.3 mi
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundESE 109°7 m8.3 mi
Portavant Indian MoundS 174°1 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3619:5620:30
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:1817:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626569747983848482777065
Precip in3.02.22.92.62.57.28.39.37.52.51.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/228682104

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