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Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

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Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Texas Hill stands 70 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Killearn Gardens State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 8.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.52606, -84.25723

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Killearn Gardens State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bob Smith Park: 1.1 mi
  • Meridian Park: 1.3 mi
  • Forest Meadows Park: 1.5 mi
  • Blarney Park: 2.0 mi
Springs: 45
  • Bird Sink: 12.7 mi
  • Patty Sink: 12.8 mi
  • Horn Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Rhodes Spring 2: 17.5 mi
  • Rhodes Spring 4: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 37
Artworks: 18
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 10
Attractions: 6
  • Future Buc-ee's: 7.0 mi
  • Pebble Hill Plantation: 20.9 mi
  • Nurse's Station: 21.0 mi
  • Carpenter's Shop: 21.0 mi
  • Elisabeth Ireland Poe Gallery (2nd Floor): 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Calico Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Texas Hill: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Texas HillE 85°70 m23.0 mi
Calico HillSE 134°11 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1719:49
June solstice06:3620:0820:43
September equinox07:2619:0319:35
December solstice07:3117:0517:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525661677581838279706054
Precip in4.44.35.23.53.47.87.17.64.93.23.14.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee, 10 mi away.

  • Green Anole77 obs
  • Golden Silk Spider74 obs
  • Underwood's trillium59 obs
  • Coralberry56 obs
  • Common Box Turtle49 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk44 obs
  • Northern Cardinal38 obs
  • American sweetgum38 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/145205861

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