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Lake Kanapaha

Lake Kanapaha from directly overhead

Lake Kanapaha is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Broken Arrow Bluff Park, a park 0.4 miles away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 3.8 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates29.61759, -82.40447

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Broken Arrow Bluff Park: 0.4 mi
  • Chapman's Pond and Nature Trails: 0.6 mi
  • Tech Park: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Butler North: 1.2 mi
Springs: 44
Nature reserves: 35
  • Split Rock Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Herzog Cave Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Butterfly Rainforest: 2.4 mi
  • Lake Alice Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Sweetwater Preserve: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Peace Time Soldier Always at War: 0.8 mi
  • They Serve to Protect Us: 1.0 mi
  • Vombat Wounded Veterans: 1.0 mi
  • Medal of Honor: 1.0 mi
  • Timucua Burial Mound: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 15
Artworks: 15
Museums: 13
Attractions: 13
Peaks: 5
  • Little Garrison Hammock: 16.2 mi
  • Garrison Hammock: 16.5 mi
  • Spring Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Underwood Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Underwood HillNNW 327°55 m17.2 mi
Spring HillNNW 333°43 m16.7 mi
Spring HillSW 220°40 m17.4 mi
Garrison HammockESE 111°25 m16.5 mi
Little Garrison HammockESE 113°21 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3119:5920:34
September equinox07:1918:5619:28
December solstice07:2117:0017:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555863697580818179726458

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 11 WNW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/764477960

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