Crooked Lake Sandhill
Crooked Lake Sandhill is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Iron Mountain stands 88 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Crooked Lake Prairie, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. THE RIDGE HWY passes 0.7 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Polk County Parks and Natural Resources Division
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the THE RIDGE HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Garden Club Park: 1.8 mi
- Scrub Plum Trail: 1.9 mi
- Fire House Trail: 2.0 mi
- Fewox Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Frostproof City Park, Reedy lake: 4.8 mi
- Ridge Live Steamers: 13.6 mi
- Cow Camp: 14.8 mi
- The LEGO MOVIE World: 14.8 mi
- Emmet's Super Suite - Character Meet & Greet: 14.8 mi
- Merlin's Challenge: 14.9 mi
- Crooked Lake Prairie: 1.2 mi
- Ridge Audubon Nature Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Tiger Creek Preserve: 3.2 mi
- SUMICA: 10.0 mi
- Green Horizon Land Trust: 12.6 mi
- Frostproof Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Lake Wales Art Museum: 5.7 mi
- Lake Wales History Museum: 6.2 mi
- Margaret Kampsen Historic Depot: 15.1 mi
- Avon Park Depot Museum: 15.2 mi
- Bok Tower Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Statue: 12.0 mi
- The Florida Pool: 15.3 mi
- Former Skate Park: 15.4 mi
- Former Skate Park: 15.4 mi
- Iron Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Sand Mountain: 16.9 mi
- Horseshoe Creek Hill: 23.9 mi
- Lakeland Highlands: 24.7 mi
- Auburndale Rotary Butterfly Garden: 22.7 mi
- Butterfly Gate: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crooked Lake Sandhill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | N 349° | 88 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lakeland Highlands | WNW 295° | 81 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sand Mountain | WSW 249° | 39 m | 16.9 mi |
| Horseshoe Creek Hill | N 359° | 32 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 19:52 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:53 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 17:01 | 17:36 |
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 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 69 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN Lake, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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