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High Ridge Scrub

High Ridge Scrub from directly overhead

High Ridge Scrub is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Boynton Lakes Park, a park 0.8 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Palm Beach County Department of Evironmental Resources Management

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates26.56773, -80.07223

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boynton Lakes Park: 0.8 mi
  • Maddock Park: 1.0 mi
  • Meadows Park: 1.1 mi
  • Garnett Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ezell Hester Jr. Community Park: 1.5 mi
Museums: 46
Nature reserves: 30
Historic sites: 30
Attractions: 25
  • Greenacres Bowl: 5.5 mi
  • Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands: 7.8 mi
  • Verdes Tropicana Bowling: 8.6 mi
  • El Bravo - El Vedado - El Brillo: 9.1 mi
  • Via Minzer: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Berberyan Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Madonna Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Spanish Facade Garden: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic area: 18.5 mi
  • Crescent: 21.6 mi
  • Daggerwing: 21.6 mi
  • Elfin: 21.7 mi
  • Grandiosa: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkSSW 196°70 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:17
September equinox07:1018:4819:18
December solstice07:0516:5917:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F666871757982838382797369
Precip in3.52.63.33.74.98.55.68.78.05.93.63.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Palm Beach Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/616893083

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