Nature reserve · Florida
Plan a drive hereJack Creek - Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area
OpenStreetMap · way/1021973637
- Elevation, modelled
- 18 m
- Nearest byway
- THE RIDGE HWY23.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:24local time
- Coordinates
- 27.3593, -81.4140
Jack Creek - Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled 18 m. THE RIDGE HWY passes 24 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles.
- 23.6 mi off the THE RIDGE HWY
82 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 36
- Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park: 3.7 mi
- H. L. Bishop Park: 4.1 mi
- Lake June Park: 4.4 mi
- Lake June Park: 4.4 mi
- Devane Park: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves: 25
- Jack Creek - Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area: 0.2 mi
- Jack Creek - Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area: 0.2 mi
- Jack Creek - Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area: 0.9 mi
- Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #200: 10.6 mi
- Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #175: 11.1 mi
Museums: 9
- Lake Placid Historical Society Depot Museum: 5.1 mi
- American Clown Museum & School: 5.1 mi
- Lake Placid Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Military Sea Services Museum: 8.7 mi
- Highlands Museum of the Arts: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 6
- Airboat Wildlife Adventures: 9.2 mi
- Avon Park Old Post Office: 17.2 mi
- Avon Park Old Post Office: 17.2 mi
- The Jacaranda Avon Park: 17.2 mi
- The Jacaranda Avon Park: 17.2 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Pinecrest Hotel Ruins: 15.4 mi
- Former Skate Park: 17.1 mi
- Former Skate Park: 17.1 mi
- Fort Kissimmee: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Fort Basinger: 22.2 mi
- Moffit: 24.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:07 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 19:50 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:53 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 17:02 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 61 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 76 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 69 | 64 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Archbold BIO STN, 13 mi away.
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