Bill Sadowski Critical Wildlife Area
Bill Sadowski Critical Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of -2 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia Key Beach North Point Park, a park 0.6 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 16 miles off.
Total Area: 700 acres Closure Dates: Year-round Focal Species: Foraging shorebirds and wading birds, marine life. This CWA, located in Biscayne Bay, is a manatee protection zone. The tidal flats are important foraging area for variety of species
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Virginia Key Beach North Point Park: 0.6 mi
- Historic Virginia Key Beach Park: 1.0 mi
- Park Fountains: 1.8 mi
- South Pointe Park: 1.8 mi
- South Pointe Park: 1.8 mi
- Historic Virginia Key Beach Park: 1.0 mi
- Miami seaplane tour: 1.3 mi
- MSC Cruises Port: 1.4 mi
- Royal Caribbean Port: 1.6 mi
- Norwegian Port: 1.7 mi
- South Pointe Park Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
- The Centinela Del Rio: 2.1 mi
- Slide Mantra: 2.5 mi
- The Allegory: 2.5 mi
- Simón Bolívar: 2.5 mi
- Joseph J. Villari: 2.1 mi
- The Liberty Column: 2.3 mi
- Claude D. Pepper: 2.4 mi
- Historic South Miami Avenue Sign: 2.4 mi
- Julia Sturtevant Tuttle: 2.4 mi
- Sanford L Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida: 2.1 mi
- Jewish Museum of Florida: 2.1 mi
- The Wolfsonian - FIU: 2.7 mi
- Miami Children's Museum: 2.7 mi
- Art Deco Museum: 2.7 mi
- Hobie Island Beach Park: 1.2 mi
- South Pointe Beach: 2.1 mi
- Hobie Island Beach: 2.4 mi
- Sandy's Beach: 2.5 mi
- Miami Beach: 2.6 mi
- R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary: 11.9 mi
- Ned Glenn Nature Reserve: 15.5 mi
- Miramar Pineland Natural Area: 16.7 mi
- The Kampong: 6.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
- Palmetum: 7.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
- Surfside Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Fort Dallas: 2.6 mi
- Aladdin City: 22.4 mi
- Picnic Table: 18.5 mi
- Picnic Table: 18.5 mi
- Medley Landfill: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bill Sadowski Critical Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medley Landfill | WNW 302° | 81 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 19:42 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 17:01 | 17:35 |
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 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 74 | 70 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miami Beach, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/650795993
Day trips start here
- Miami Beach/South Beach · 3 mi
- Miami · 5 mi
- Biscayne National Park · 8 mi
- Greater Miami · 18 mi
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