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Bell Creek Nature Preserve

Bell Creek Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Bell Creek Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Lakeland Highlands stands 81 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverglen Neighborhood Park, a park 0.9 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 18 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Hillsborough County Conservation and Environmental Lands Management

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.84607, -82.28819

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverglen Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Riverglen Kid Park: 1.2 mi
  • Boyette Farms Park: 1.3 mi
  • Stephen J. Wortham County Park: 1.5 mi
  • Riverview Park: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 59
  • iFly Tampa: 6.5 mi
  • Manatee Viewing Center: 7.8 mi
  • Manatee Viewing Center: 7.8 mi
  • Florida State Fairgrounds: 10.4 mi
  • Black Tiger Airsoft: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 53
Artworks: 45
Museums: 38
Springs: 27
  • Boyette Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Green Sink Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Buckhorn South Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Buckhorn East Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Buckhorn West Spring: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 26
  • Rhodine Scrub Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Golden Aster Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Brandon High Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
  • Delaney Creek Preserve: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 16
  • HCC Food Forest: 8.8 mi
  • Clara Frye Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Monument Park: 16.2 mi
  • USF Botanical Garden: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dude Lake Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 19.3 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 18.1 mi
  • Lakeland Highlands: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bell Creek Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lakeland HighlandsENE 70°81 m24.0 mi
Big Cockroach MoundSW 232°7 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3519:5520:29
September equinox07:1818:5619:27
December solstice07:1717:0417:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F616468727781828281766964
Precip in2.72.23.02.73.07.98.28.87.72.92.02.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa BAY Area WFO, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/390931848

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