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Winter Garden Heritage Foundation

Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, a museum in Florida
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Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, a museum in Florida
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Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Winter Garden Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY runs past it. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation (WGHF) is an organization dedicated to preserving history for the communities of West Orange County, Florida.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q8026222, matched on coordinates and name (160 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.56594, -81.58520

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Interactive Garden Park: 0.2 mi
  • Downtown Pavilion Park: 0.2 mi
  • Jessie Brock Community Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • Maple Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Walker Football Field & Sam Williams Little League Complex: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Hogwarts Express Photo Op: 9.4 mi
  • Jeep Wrangler Photo Op: 9.4 mi
  • Ford Explorer Photo Op: 9.5 mi
  • Indian Burial Ground: 9.9 mi
  • Gaston: 10.0 mi
Springs: 49
  • Apopka Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Wolf Head Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Bear Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Double Run Spring: 12.3 mi
Museums: 34
Historic sites: 34
Gardens: 26
  • Nehrling Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Apopka Community Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Stingray Sanctuary: 12.0 mi
  • Tenser's Tortoise Trail: 13.2 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 10.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 10.7 mi
  • Mount Mayday: 14.2 mi
  • Mount Everest: 14.4 mi
  • Mount Gushmore: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Howling Dog Beach: 10.1 mi
  • The Sandbox: 11.4 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 11.5 mi
  • South Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Hideaway Bay: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Central Florida Bible Camp: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 303°94 m10.7 mi
Mount EverestS 180°60 m14.4 mi
Mount GushmoreS 178°57 m14.8 mi
Tomato HillNW 318°50 m22.9 mi
Rattlesnake RidgeSW 222°37 m21.6 mi
Big Thunder MountainS 180°32 m10.0 mi
Mount MaydaySSE 167°29 m14.2 mi
Hillard IslandSE 136°23.7 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:3019:5320:28
September equinox07:1518:5319:24
December solstice07:1616:5917:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606367717882838381756863
Precip in3.02.33.23.14.28.17.77.86.03.72.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando W, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/737141817

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