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Lake Proctor Wilderness Area

Lake Proctor Wilderness Area from directly overhead

Lake Proctor Wilderness Area is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Bull Hill stands 4 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Danville, a attraction 0.8 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR passes 7.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Lake Proctor Wilderness Area is a 475 acre property located in east Seminole County near the Town of Geneva. A walk on the approximately 6 miles of trails will take you through habitats such as sand pine scrub, pine flatwoods, sandhill and bayhead swa

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Seminole County
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates28.73150, -81.09581

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Lane Park: 1.3 mi
  • Geneva Wilderness Area: 2.5 mi
  • C.S. Lee Park: 3.8 mi
  • Lake Harney Wilderness Area: 4.6 mi
  • Mullet Lake Park: 4.6 mi
Museums: 39
  • Museum of Geneva History: 1.2 mi
  • National Vietnam War Museum: 10.8 mi
  • The Bunker: 10.8 mi
  • City of Sanford Henry Shelton Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Goldsboro Museum: 12.2 mi
Springs: 35
  • Heath Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Clifton Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Lake Jesup Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Seminole Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Susan Spring: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Winter Springs Veterans Memorial: 10.3 mi
  • Veterans' Commemorative Site: 10.9 mi
  • Pegasus Statue: 11.0 mi
  • "Reach For the Stars" - Charles Millican Statue: 11.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 28
Nature reserves: 26
Gardens: 16
  • Lukas Nursery Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Community Farm and Garden: 11.0 mi
  • BHC Meditation Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Seminole State College Butterfly Garden: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 9
Peaks: 9
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 4.4 mi
  • Buzzard Roost: 4.9 mi
  • Noah Mound: 6.6 mi
  • Buck Point Mound: 7.0 mi
  • Moccasin Mound: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull HillENE 58°4 m18.4 mi
Buck Point MoundSE 141°3 m7.0 mi
Moccasin MoundSE 144°3 m8.6 mi
Saddle MoundSE 143°3 m8.8 mi
Paw Paw MoundSE 141°3 m18.6 mi
Palmer-Taylor MoundESE 122°2 m4.4 mi
Buzzard RoostSE 124°2 m4.9 mi
Heiffer MoundSE 142°2 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0519:36
June solstice06:2819:5220:26
September equinox07:1418:5119:22
December solstice07:1416:5717:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606367727882848481766863
Precip in2.42.32.82.33.38.27.36.86.23.91.92.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando Sanford AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gopher Tortoise105 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard50 obs
  • Southern Cricket Frog40 obs
  • coastalplain chaffhead40 obs
  • Little Blue Dragonlet32 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary31 obs
  • Vanillaleaf30 obs
  • Long-tailed Skipper29 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/671823323

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