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Circle B Bar Reserve

Circle B Bar Reserve from directly overhead

Circle B Bar Reserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Iron Mountain stands 88 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Hampton Reserve, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. THE RIDGE HWY passes 15 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates27.98779, -81.86148

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Marshall Hampton Reserve: 2.1 mi
  • Tenoroc Fish Management Area: 7.1 mi
  • Tenoroc Public Use Area: 7.8 mi
  • Mackay Gardens And Lakeside Preserve: 10.7 mi
  • Twin Lakes Park: 11.5 mi
Parks
  • Holloway Park: 3.4 mi
  • Saddle Creek County Park: 4.7 mi
  • Handley Park: 4.7 mi
  • Saddle Creek Park: 5.0 mi
  • Peterson Park: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 25
Museums: 17
Springs: 13
  • Crystal Swamp 2 Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Crystal Swamp 1 Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 23.9 mi
  • Crystal 1 Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Crystal 2 Spring: 23.9 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Lakeland Highlands: 3.9 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 17.7 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 18.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Creek Hill: 22.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ridge: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Butterfly Gate: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lithia Springs: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Circle B Bar Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainESE 102°88 m17.7 mi
Lakeland HighlandsWSW 244°81 m3.9 mi
Sand MountainS 170°39 m18.4 mi
Rattlesnake RidgeN 6°37 m23.9 mi
Horseshoe Creek HillENE 57°32 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3219:5320:28
September equinox07:1718:5419:25
December solstice07:1517:0217:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F616468737881828281766864
Precip in2.72.12.82.72.98.37.67.87.33.01.52.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1SE, 7 mi away.

  • American Alligator776 obs
  • Great Blue Heron680 obs
  • Anhinga551 obs
  • Common Gallinule327 obs
  • Great Egret261 obs
  • Osprey245 obs
  • Little Blue Heron239 obs
  • Tricolored Heron228 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/474522303

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