Little Manatee River State Park
Little Manatee River State Park is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dude Lake Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 9.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 20.2 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 23.0 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 24.1 mi off the BRADENTON BEACH HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Mound · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Fish Camp Site: 1.7 mi
- Walking Club Rock: 2.7 mi
- Armed Forces Dedication Plaque: 2.8 mi
- Daughters Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Sundial: 14.0 mi
- Kings Point Heritage Park: 2.6 mi
- Wildcat Park: 3.9 mi
- Beaudette Park: 4.3 mi
- Domino Park: 4.6 mi
- Florida Railroad Park: 6.5 mi
- Open Heart Icon: 16.6 mi
- Big Eyes Big Ears: 16.8 mi
- Sound Dishes: 16.9 mi
- Morning Stars: 17.0 mi
- Bending Arc: 17.1 mi
- Paleo Preserve Fossil Museum: 1.7 mi
- Florida Railroad Museum: 2.6 mi
- Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum: 6.5 mi
- Manatee County Agricultural Museum: 16.5 mi
- Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center: 16.9 mi
- Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center: 1.7 mi
- Manatee Viewing Center: 8.4 mi
- Manatee Viewing Center: 8.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 15.2 mi
- Manatee County Fair: 16.3 mi
- Apollo Beach: 7.1 mi
- Bahia Beach: 7.4 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 11.5 mi
- Lithia Springs: 15.9 mi
- Bahama Beach: 16.1 mi
- Camp Bayou Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Golden Aster Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Rhodine Scrub Nature Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Alafia Scrub Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Bell Creek Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.8 mi
- Cultural Grove: 17.0 mi
- Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: 17.2 mi
- The Sage garden: 17.5 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Boyette Spring: 13.9 mi
- Green Sink Spring: 14.5 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 15.4 mi
- Buckhorn West Spring: 15.5 mi
- Buckhorn East Spring: 15.6 mi
- Willow: 2.6 mi
- Gulf City: 5.9 mi
- Fort Lonesome: 14.1 mi
- Weedon Island: 18.3 mi
- Fort Brooke: 19.2 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 18.7 mi
- Picnic Bench: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 20.7 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 23.8 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 9.1 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 18.3 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Manatee River State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | W 275° | 7 m | 9.1 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | WSW 238° | 1 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:55 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:05 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 61 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 69 | 64 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa BAY Area WFO, 3 mi away.
- sparkleberry58 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper52 obs
- white fringetree42 obs
- netted pawpaw41 obs
- American beautyberry38 obs
- Brown Anole37 obs
- yellow jessamine36 obs
- Hog plum32 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/171070166
Day trips start here
- Saint Petersburg · 18 mi
- Tampa · 20 mi
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