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Mound Key Archaeological Preserve State Park

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Mound Key Archaeological Preserve State Park is a nature reserve in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. The nearest named place is Lovers Key State Park - Bayside, a park 1.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

What to expect

Operated by
Koreshan State historic Site

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates26.42323, -81.86433

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lovers Key State Park - Bayside: 1.5 mi
  • Lovers Key State Park North Entrance: 1.6 mi
  • Carl E. Johnson Lovers Key State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Koreshan State Historic Site: 3.0 mi
  • Pelican Landing Beach Park: 3.2 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Horse & Foal Statues: 8.7 mi
  • Black Book: 9.0 mi
  • Romeo and Juliet: 9.0 mi
  • The Wizard: 9.0 mi
  • Daedalian: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Estero Bay Express II: 2.2 mi
  • Jungle Golf - adventure golf: 6.5 mi
  • Smugglers Cove - adventure golf: 6.6 mi
  • Castle Golf: 7.0 mi
  • Everglades Wonder Gardens: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Gardens: 24
Museums: 17
  • Mound House: 4.2 mi
  • Railroad Museum of South Florida: 7.3 mi
  • Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida: 10.0 mi
  • Golisano Children's Museum of Naples: 12.9 mi
  • The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Koreshan Laundry: 3.2 mi
  • Dinner Bell and the DIning Hall: 3.3 mi
  • Lynn Hall Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Stench Monument: 8.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rodgers Waterfall: 20.3 mi
  • Nine & Steve Iser Waterfall: 22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0919:39
June solstice06:3619:5020:24
September equinox07:1718:5519:25
December solstice07:1217:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770747882838482787267
Precip in2.41.51.91.93.010.38.68.88.53.11.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers SW Florida Rgnl AP, 10 mi away.

  • Green Buttonwood26 obs
  • Osprey26 obs
  • sea grape24 obs
  • Nickernut24 obs
  • Gumbo Limbo23 obs
  • red mangrove19 obs
  • White Mangrove19 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/189797567

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