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Smith Uplands Preserve

Smith Uplands Preserve from directly overhead

Smith Uplands Preserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sand Hill stands 5 m to the south-southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kapnick Brazilian Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Naples Botanical Garden

How to reach it

Coordinates26.10745, -81.77568

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Bayview Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bayshore Boardwalk: 0.7 mi
  • East Naples Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sugden Regional Park: 0.9 mi
  • Champney Bay Beach Club: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 57
  • Public Access: 1.7 mi
  • 33rd Avenue South Beach: 1.7 mi
  • 32nd Avenue South Beach: 1.7 mi
  • 21st Avenue South Beach: 2.1 mi
  • 18th Avenue South Beach: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 36
  • House of Siberians: 2.5 mi
  • Naples Pier: 2.6 mi
  • Zebra: 4.3 mi
  • Lion: 4.3 mi
  • Flamingo: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Rattlesnake Hammock Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • The Naples Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: 9.7 mi
  • Wet Woods Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Otter Mound Preserve: 14.4 mi
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 7
  • You Are Not Forgotten: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of America Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Lager Head: 4.1 mi
  • Barron Collier Monument: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Nine & Steve Iser Waterfall: 0.3 mi
  • Rodgers Waterfall: 2.5 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Blue Hill: 15.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillSSE 159°5 m3.3 mi
Blue HillSSE 150°0 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3619:4920:23
September equinox07:1618:5519:25
December solstice07:1117:0717:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656870757982838382797268
Precip in1.71.41.92.52.87.47.88.98.63.91.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Naples Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13727930620

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