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San Pedro Underwater Archaelogical Preserve State Park

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San Pedro Underwater Archaelogical Preserve State Park is a nature reserve in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. The nearest named place is Indian Key, a ghost town 1.0 miles away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 1.5 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

What to expect

Operated by
Florida State Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates24.86284, -80.67918

Overlooks nearby

50 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Lignumvitae Key Aquatic Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • Green Turtle Hammock Preserve: 4.0 mi
  • Anne's Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park: 8.1 mi
  • Founder's Park: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • U.S. Navy Hospital: 1.1 mi
  • English Kitchen: 1.1 mi
  • Tropical Hotel: 1.1 mi
  • Grave of Jacob Hausman: 1.1 mi
  • Observation Tower: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 10
Beaches: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 1
  • History of Diving Museum: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0419:34
June solstice06:3519:4320:16
September equinox07:1218:5019:21
December solstice07:0417:0517:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F707274778082848484817673
Precip in1.01.31.32.82.45.13.95.68.14.51.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Islamorada, 5 mi away.

  • Brown Pelican393 obs
  • Atlantic Tarpon295 obs
  • Great Egret93 obs
  • Nurse Shark80 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird57 obs
  • Green Iguana40 obs
  • Laughing Gull29 obs
  • Northern Curly-tailed Lizard26 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/1468514397

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