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Sheppard Conservation Easement

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Sheppard Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Sheppard Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Spring Hill stands 40 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Tisdale Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Suwannee River Water Management District

How to reach it

Coordinates29.40313, -82.99927

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge: 9.1 mi
  • City of Chiefland Eddie Buie Park: 9.3 mi
  • Perpetual Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
  • Chiefland Chamber of Commerce Park: 9.8 mi
  • Locke Park: 9.9 mi
Springs: 26
  • Manatee Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Little Fanning Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Fanning Springs: 13.3 mi
  • Bell Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Bell Springs: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Spring Dive Entrance: 6.1 mi
  • Trenton Train Station: 18.3 mi
  • Cedar Key Pirate Invasion: 18.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Shell Mound: 14.2 mi
  • Hodgson Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Spring Hill: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • The Jackson Trail historic marker: 17.5 mi
  • John Muir At Cedar Key: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Manatee: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • City Beach: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheppard Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spring HillE 86°40 m24.6 mi
Hodgson HillS 190°11 m18.0 mi
Shell MoundSSW 197°6 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1219:44
June solstice06:3420:0120:35
September equinox07:2118:5919:30
December solstice07:2317:0317:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555963687579818179726357
Precip in3.63.23.83.02.88.08.39.95.83.22.23.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Usher TWR, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/696755083

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