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Shell Factory Museum

Shell Factory Museum from directly overhead

Shell Factory Museum is a museum in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Howard Mound stands 4 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is North Fort Myers Community Park, a park 1.3 miles away. LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL passes 24 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates26.70580, -81.89723

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Fort Myers Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Common Park: 1.8 mi
  • Praire Pines Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Judd Community Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mary Moody Park: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 58
  • Statue of Ford, Edison, and Firestone: 4.5 mi
  • The Florida Panther: 4.5 mi
  • Lux: 4.5 mi
  • Caloosahatchee Manuscripts: 4.5 mi
  • Fire Dance: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Attractions: 17
  • The Butterfly Estates: 4.8 mi
  • The Florida Native Butterfly Society: 4.9 mi
  • Lee County Civic Center Campus: 8.3 mi
  • German American Social Club of Cape Coral: 8.7 mi
  • Nature walk entrence: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Cape Coral Yacht club beach: 11.8 mi
  • Beach Area: 12.5 mi
  • Bunche Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Calusa Point: 17.2 mi
  • Waterfront: 18.0 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 12
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Stench Monument: 11.4 mi
  • WW II Gun Turrets: 15.7 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 15.8 mi
  • WW II Munitions Building: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Howard Mound: 15.7 mi
  • John Quiet Mound: 18.0 mi
  • Cash Mound: 18.7 mi
  • Faulkner Mound: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Charlotte County Truck Stop Northbound: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Boca Grande Lighthouse: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shell Factory Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Howard MoundW 269°4 m15.7 mi
Cash MoundWNW 292°4 m18.7 mi
Faulkner MoundWSW 255°3 m21.0 mi
John Quiet MoundWNW 291°2 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0919:39
June solstice06:3619:5120:25
September equinox07:1718:5519:25
December solstice07:1317:0617:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770757982838382787267
Precip in2.41.82.12.43.59.79.410.49.03.11.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers Page FLD AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367827542

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