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L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area

L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area from directly overhead

L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area is a nature reserve in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Texas Hill stands 70 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Chaires Capitola Community Park, a park 0.5 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 12 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.43394, -84.11815

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Chaires Capitola Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Woodrun Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Seminole Airfield R/C Airport: 1.7 mi
  • Saint Marks Headwaters Greenway: 1.8 mi
  • Apalachee Regional Park: 2.1 mi
Springs: 47
  • Bird Sink: 5.6 mi
  • Patty Sink: 6.1 mi
  • Horn Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Jef312991 Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Horsehead Spring: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Lincoln Plaque: 3.6 mi
  • Park Founding Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Florida Korean War Veteran's Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Family + Home Spirit: 9.4 mi
  • Smokey Hollow Historic Site: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 19
Museums: 12
Gardens: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Future Buc-ee's: 15.0 mi
  • Observation Deck: 19.6 mi
  • Pebble Hill Plantation: 24.1 mi
  • Elisabeth Ireland Poe Gallery (2nd Floor): 24.1 mi
  • Shoe Shine House: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Calico Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Texas Hill: 17.0 mi
  • Sand Hills: 20.0 mi
  • Sawdust Mountain: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Texas HillENE 60°70 m17.0 mi
Calico HillSE 139°11 m12.1 mi
Sand HillsS 171°3 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1719:48
June solstice06:3620:0720:42
September equinox07:2619:0319:35
December solstice07:3017:0417:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525561667479818178696054
Precip in4.63.94.73.63.78.07.26.46.23.23.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello 10 SW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/802855136

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