Tampa Bay History Center
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Tampa Bay History Center is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Paulina Pedroso, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
Tampa Bay History Center is a history museum in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is a Smithsonian Affiliate and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 2015. Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area's first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadores, and historical figures who shaped the area's history, as well as a reproduction of a 1920s cigar store. The museum is on the waterfront at 801 Water Street in Tampa's Channelside District. It opened on January 17, 2009. The History Center building is 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) with 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) of exhibit space. The Tampa Bay History Center includes three floors of permanent and temporary exhibition space covering 12,000 years of Florida history, with a special focus on Tampa Bay and the Gulf Coast. The center has a museum store, classrooms, the Witt Research Center (a branch of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System), a map gallery, an event hall, and the Columbia Cafe (a branch of Ybor City's Columbia Restaurant).
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2009.
Wikidata Q14686435, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 14.2 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
- 21.0 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
Named places within 25 miles
- Paulina Pedroso: 0.0 mi
- Cody Fowler: 0.0 mi
- Victoriano Mantiega: 0.0 mi
- Ceremonial Space: 0.0 mi
- Stephen M. Sparkman: 0.1 mi
- Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park: 0.1 mi
- Garrison Channel Park: 0.1 mi
- Harbour Isles Park: 0.3 mi
- Jefferson Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Dick Greco Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Royal Caribbean cruise port: 0.3 mi
- Carnival cruise port: 0.4 mi
- Margaritsville at Sea Port: 0.7 mi
- Pirate Ship: 4.0 mi
- Florida State Fairgrounds: 4.1 mi
- "Untitled": 0.3 mi
- Solstice: 0.6 mi
- JFK Memorial Statue: 0.9 mi
- City of Tampa Mural: 1.0 mi
- José Martí: 1.3 mi
- SS American Victory;American Victory Museum: 0.4 mi
- Tampa Fire Fighters Museum: 0.7 mi
- Henry B. Plant Museum: 0.9 mi
- Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: 1.4 mi
- Columbia Centennial Museum: 1.5 mi
- McKay Bay Nature Park: 1.9 mi
- Delaney Creek Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Diamondback Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Riverfront Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 2.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.5 mi
- Blue Sink: 7.7 mi
- Eureka Spring: 7.7 mi
- Ewanowski Spring: 7.7 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 9.1 mi
- Apollo Beach: 12.1 mi
- Clara Frye Garden: 1.4 mi
- Monument Park: 4.3 mi
- HCC Food Forest: 7.4 mi
- USF Botanical Garden: 8.3 mi
- Harvest Hope Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Fort Brooke: 0.3 mi
- Weedon Island: 11.4 mi
- Gulf City: 16.4 mi
- Willow: 21.6 mi
- Fort Lonesome: 24.8 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 7.7 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Gardens Park Picnic Table: 23.1 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tampa Bay History Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | SSW 194° | 7 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:56 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 17:05 | 17:40 |
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 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa Intl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/52035847
Day trips start here
- Tampa · 1 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 16 mi
- Clearwater · 21 mi
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