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Canaveral National Seashore

Canaveral National Seashore from directly overhead

Canaveral National Seashore is a nature reserve in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bull Hill stands 4 m to the south, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Eldora, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR passes 1.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.90625, -80.83466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • River Breeze Park: 1.2 mi
  • Jimmie Vann Sunrise Park: 2.2 mi
  • Seminole Rest: 2.5 mi
  • Mary Dewees Park: 2.7 mi
  • K.T. Chung Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 28
Nature reserves: 11
Peaks: 9
  • Bull Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Green Mound: 16.0 mi
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 18.8 mi
  • Buzzard Roost: 18.9 mi
  • Noah Mound: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 8
Artworks: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Danville: 19.2 mi
  • Space Shuttle Inspiration: 21.9 mi
  • Ed Yarborough Nature Center: 22.3 mi
  • Apollo/Saturn V Center: 23.1 mi
  • Zoom Air Adventure Park: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Nature Playground Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Flower Circle: 19.3 mi
  • Legacy Garden: 23.4 mi
  • The Bunny Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Webster Gardens: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Heath Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Seminole Spring: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Canaveral National Seashore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull HillS 184°4 m2.5 mi
Buck Point MoundSSW 213°3 m20.9 mi
Saddle MoundSSW 209°3 m21.8 mi
Moccasin MoundSSW 210°3 m21.9 mi
Palmer-Taylor MoundSW 220°2 m18.8 mi
Buzzard RoostSW 218°2 m18.9 mi
Heiffer MoundSSW 209°2 m21.6 mi
Noah MoundSW 214°1 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0419:35
June solstice06:2619:5120:26
September equinox07:1218:5019:21
December solstice07:1316:5517:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606165717680828280756963
Precip in2.82.53.02.63.77.56.16.56.94.52.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Smyrna BCH - Marine Discov, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Southern White74 obs
  • Nickernut74 obs
  • Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo72 obs
  • Papaya71 obs
  • wild poinsettia69 obs
  • Eastern Coral Bean58 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary53 obs
  • Brown Anole53 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/631377826

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