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Carriage Hill Conservation Area

Carriage Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Carriage Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Marigold/Winter Park Drive Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR passes 11 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

This conservation area supports a mixed forested wetland with stream connections that eventually reach Queen's Mirror Lake and Gee Creek. Native vegetation includes predominantly pines and bay trees and also passion flower, elderberry, saw palmetto, and

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Operated by
City of Casselberry

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Coordinates28.65802, -81.32775

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Crystal Bowl Park: 0.9 mi
  • Magnolia Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kewannee Park: 1.1 mi
  • Lake Concord Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 53
Springs: 48
  • Ginger Ale Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Palm Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Sanlando Springs: 4.6 mi
  • Starbuck Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Stephan Spring: 4.8 mi
Museums: 33
Nature reserves: 31
Historic sites: 31
  • Hero's Park: 3.3 mi
  • Winter Springs Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Red Tails Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Battle of the Bulge Memorial: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Jim Houser Azalea Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Reiter Park Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Virginia S Nelson Rose Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Lukas Nursery Garden: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 18.0 mi
  • Buzzard Roost: 18.3 mi
  • Buck Point Mound: 18.5 mi
  • Noah Mound: 18.7 mi
  • Moccasin Mound: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Baldwin Park Beach: 5.7 mi
  • The Sandbox: 21.0 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 21.0 mi
  • South Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Howling Dog Beach: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Central Florida Bible Camp: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carriage Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainW 269°94 m24.6 mi
Big Thunder MountainSW 224°32 m22.6 mi
Mount MaydaySSW 212°29 m23.6 mi
Hillard IslandS 178°23.7 m23.2 mi
Buck Point MoundE 91°3 m18.5 mi
Moccasin MoundE 96°3 m19.1 mi
Saddle MoundE 96°3 m19.5 mi
Palmer-Taylor MoundE 81°2 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2919:5220:27
September equinox07:1418:5219:23
December solstice07:1516:5817:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882848482766964
Precip in2.62.12.72.73.78.28.17.76.63.21.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando Executive AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/462176137

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