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Wet Woods Preserve

Wet Woods Preserve from directly overhead

Wet Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Sand Hill stands 5 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida, a museum 0.3 miles away.

Wetlands and pine flatwoods.

What to expect

Operated by
Collier County Facilities Management Department

How to reach it

Coordinates26.28754, -81.80476

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cocohatchee River Park: 1.0 mi
  • Conner Park: 1.4 mi
  • Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park: 1.5 mi
  • Barefoot Beach State Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Community Park: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 59
  • Bluebill Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Seabreeze Avenue Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Channel Drive Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Bayview Avenue Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Vanderbilt Beach: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 44
  • Everglades Wonder Gardens: 4.2 mi
  • Bornean Orangutan: 8.2 mi
  • Coyote: 8.2 mi
  • Capybara & Agouti: 8.2 mi
  • Florida Panther: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 25
  • Joyce & George Kempton Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden Area: 7.9 mi
  • Wilson Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Smith Education Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 12.3 mi
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 13
  • Lager Head: 8.4 mi
  • Koreshan Laundry: 10.1 mi
  • Dinner Bell and the DIning Hall: 10.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of America Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Monument: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rodgers Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Nine & Steve Iser Waterfall: 12.8 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Sand Hill: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillS 169°5 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3619:5020:23
September equinox07:1718:5519:25
December solstice07:1117:0617:41

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/887365496

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