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Conner Preserve

Conner Preserve from directly overhead

Conner Preserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Chinsegut Hill stands 82 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is F1RST Rubble Pile 1, a historic site 2.1 miles away. SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY passes 5.8 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
South Florida Water Management District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.30699, -82.45506
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gardens Park: 2.1 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 2.7 mi
  • Wilderness Lakes Lodge Area: 2.9 mi
  • Oakhurst Park: 3.1 mi
  • Land O' Lakes Heritage Park: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Caliente Resort and Spa: 3.6 mi
  • Florida Estates Winery: 4.0 mi
  • Crews Lake lookout tower: 6.7 mi
  • Paradise Lakes Resort: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Como Nudist Resort: 8.7 mi
Springs: 38
  • Bobhill Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Gator Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Magnolia Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Boat Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Aripeka Spring 2: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 30
Nature reserves: 28
  • Cypress Creek Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Rosebud Continuum Sustainability Center: 5.4 mi
  • J. B. Starkey Wilderness Park: 9.3 mi
  • Wilson's Duck Haven: 11.3 mi
  • Cypress Creek: 11.8 mi
Museums: 23
Artworks: 16
  • Green Screen Studio Photography: 15.2 mi
  • Bird of Paradise: 16.8 mi
  • Maze: 16.9 mi
  • Dr. King Bust: 17.1 mi
  • Solar Rotary: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 12
Gardens: 9
Beaches: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 2.1 mi
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chinsegut HillNNE 14°82 m22.3 mi
Munden HillNNE 29°80 m18.7 mi
LeHeup HillE 88°74 m15.5 mi
Nursery HillE 87°74 m15.6 mi
Hickory HillNE 42°73 m16.4 mi
Greer HillE 93°68 m16.2 mi
Kirk HillNNE 25°65 m21.2 mi
Bailey HillN 356°64 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3419:5620:31
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1817:0417:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586164697580818280736560
Precip in3.02.62.72.23.47.99.48.15.82.81.62.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brooksville Hernando CO AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sandhill Crane17 obs
  • Common Buckeye11 obs
  • Squirrel Tree Frog11 obs
  • lanceleaf arrowhead10 obs
  • Florida bluehearts10 obs
  • tropical milkweed9 obs
  • roundpod St. John's-wort9 obs
  • Pink Sundew8 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/84872985

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