Plank Road Wildlife Management Area
Plank Road Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Texas Hill stands 70 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Horn Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 9.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Horn Spring: 1.2 mi
- Natural Bridge Spring: 3.6 mi
- Leon Unnamed Spring 2: 3.9 mi
- Leon Unnamed Spring 1: 3.9 mi
- Rhodes Spring 1: 4.0 mi
- Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park: 1.5 mi
- Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park: 3.8 mi
- Natural Bridge State Park: 3.9 mi
- Woodrun Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Wacissa River Park: 7.1 mi
- Battle of Natural Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Earthworks: 3.9 mi
- FDC Fallen Officer and Employee Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Lincoln Plaque: 8.9 mi
- Park Founding Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Great Blue Heron: 12.3 mi
- Officer Down: 12.8 mi
- Stormsong: 12.9 mi
- Florida's Nature: 12.9 mi
- Library Live Oak: 13.1 mi
- Tallahassee Automobile Museum: 11.5 mi
- Goodwood Museum and Gardens: 12.7 mi
- The Union Bank: 12.7 mi
- Florida Historic Capitol Museum: 12.8 mi
- Knott House Museum: 12.9 mi
- Southwood Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 12.7 mi
- Diane's Garden: 12.7 mi
- 4-H Vegetable Garden: 12.7 mi
- Plantasia: 13.0 mi
- L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area: 7.4 mi
- Aucilla Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 13.0 mi
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park: 16.3 mi
- E. Guy Revell, Junior Nature Trail Conservation Area: 16.7 mi
- Calico Hill: 7.7 mi
- Sand Hills: 12.6 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 14.0 mi
- Texas Hill: 21.3 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 19.8 mi
- Jefferson County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.8 mi
- Jefferson County Rest Area Westbound: 24.1 mi
- Observation Deck: 12.3 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 18.6 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 12.3 mi
- Shell Point Beach: 21.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plank Road Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Hill | NE 42° | 70 m | 21.3 mi |
| Calico Hill | ESE 103° | 11 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sand Hills | SSE 168° | 3 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:17 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:07 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 61 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello 10 SW, 11 mi away.
- cinnamon fern14 obs
- saw palmetto9 obs
- Buckwheat tree9 obs
- orange milkwort9 obs
- American sweetgum7 obs
- laurel-leaf greenbrier7 obs
- Mountain Azalea6 obs
- foxtail bog clubmoss6 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/803406741
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 12 mi
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