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Osceola Schools Environmental Study Center Scrub Unit

Osceola Schools Environmental Study Center Scrub Unit from directly overhead

Osceola Schools Environmental Study Center Scrub Unit is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Iron Mountain stands 88 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cypress Cove Nudist Resort, a attraction 1.0 miles away. THE RIDGE HWY passes 12 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Customers only

How to reach it

Coordinates28.14612, -81.42973

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Mac Overstreet Park: 3.5 mi
  • Deerwood Park: 3.8 mi
  • Southport Regional Park: 4.1 mi
  • Charlie Wheeler Neighborhood Park: 4.2 mi
  • Deerwood Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 46
  • Horton Hears a Who: 10.1 mi
  • Horse: 10.2 mi
  • Granite Gator: 10.2 mi
  • frog: 13.7 mi
  • frog: 13.7 mi
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 16
Museums: 15
Peaks: 9
  • Horseshoe Creek Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Dick Island: 8.1 mi
  • Hillard Island: 14.1 mi
  • Mount Mayday: 16.4 mi
  • Mount Gushmore: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Getaway Glen: 16.3 mi
  • Hideaway Bay: 16.4 mi
  • South Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 19.1 mi
  • The Sandbox: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Osceola Schools Environmental Study Center Scrub Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainSSW 212°88 m17.1 mi
Mount EverestNNW 327°60 m17.5 mi
Mount GushmoreNNW 328°57 m16.8 mi
Horseshoe Creek HillW 277°32 m7.8 mi
Big Thunder MountainNNW 334°32 m21.2 mi
Mount MaydayNNW 338°29 m16.4 mi
Hillard IslandNNE 30°23.7 m14.1 mi
Dick IslandNE 35°19.8 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:3019:5220:26
September equinox07:1518:5319:24
December solstice07:1417:0017:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606366717781838381756863
Precip in2.72.43.12.44.29.27.28.45.93.12.02.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kissimmee 2, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/412456296

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