Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve
Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Park, a park 1.3 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hillsborough County Conservation and Environmental Lands Management
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 18.6 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 22.5 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Park: 1.3 mi
- Riverview Park: 1.3 mi
- Ventana Park: 1.3 mi
- Lake Saint Charles Park Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Lake Saint Charles Pool Park: 1.5 mi
- iFly Tampa: 5.0 mi
- Manatee Viewing Center: 5.9 mi
- Manatee Viewing Center: 5.9 mi
- Florida State Fairgrounds: 8.1 mi
- Royal Caribbean cruise port: 8.7 mi
- Brandon Family Cemetery: 6.5 mi
- Sinkhole Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Crosses for the killed TPD officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab: 8.7 mi
- Cody Fowler: 8.8 mi
- Paulina Pedroso: 8.9 mi
- "Untitled": 8.8 mi
- Solstice: 9.5 mi
- Antonio Maceo: 9.6 mi
- José Martí: 9.6 mi
- La Casa de Pedroso: 9.6 mi
- SS American Victory;American Victory Museum: 8.7 mi
- Tampa Bay History Center: 8.9 mi
- Cracker Country: 9.0 mi
- Columbia Centennial Museum: 9.1 mi
- Tampa Baseball Museum: 9.3 mi
- Bell Creek Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Golden Aster Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Rhodine Scrub Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Delaney Creek Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Brandon High Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 2.8 mi
- Buckhorn West Spring: 3.0 mi
- Buckhorn East Spring: 3.1 mi
- Green Sink Spring: 3.4 mi
- Boyette Spring: 4.0 mi
- HCC Food Forest: 7.5 mi
- Clara Frye Garden: 10.3 mi
- Monument Park: 13.2 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 13.8 mi
- USF Botanical Garden: 14.8 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lithia Springs: 6.6 mi
- Apollo Beach: 7.3 mi
- Bahia Beach: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 13.0 mi
- Fort Brooke: 9.1 mi
- Gulf City: 13.0 mi
- Willow: 14.9 mi
- Fort Lonesome: 15.9 mi
- Weedon Island: 16.1 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 16.2 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 16.4 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | SW 223° | 7 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:55 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:04 | 17:39 |
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 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 69 | 64 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa BAY Area WFO, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/692342351
Day trips start here
- Tampa · 10 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 19 mi
- Clearwater · 29 mi
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