American Legion Playground
American Legion Playground is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Terrace Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 6.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 9.8 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
- 25.6 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Terrace Playground: 0.5 mi
- Lowry Park: 0.5 mi
- Epps Park: 0.6 mi
- River Tower Park: 0.7 mi
- Sulphur Springs Park: 0.7 mi
- Name Art: 0.7 mi
- La Casa de Pedroso: 3.6 mi
- Antonio Maceo: 3.6 mi
- José Martí: 3.6 mi
- City of Tampa Mural: 4.0 mi
- Wallaroo Station Children's Zoo: 0.7 mi
- Free-Flight Aviary: 0.7 mi
- Asian Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Primate World: 0.8 mi
- Safari Africa: 0.8 mi
- Endangered Wildlife Wall: 0.8 mi
- Rango the Orangutan Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Francisco (Frank) Scozzari Adamo: 3.6 mi
- Clara C. Frye: 3.6 mi
- Blanch Armwood: 3.6 mi
- Science Discovery Center: 0.8 mi
- Ybor City Museum: 3.6 mi
- Tampa Baseball Museum: 3.6 mi
- Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: 3.7 mi
- Columbia Centennial Museum: 3.8 mi
- McKay Bay Nature Park: 4.7 mi
- Riverfront Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Violet Cury Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Cypress Creek Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Diamondback Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 0.8 mi
- Blue Sink: 2.9 mi
- Ewanowski Spring: 2.9 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 6.5 mi
- Lettuce Lake Spring: 6.6 mi
- Clara Frye Garden: 3.6 mi
- Monument Park: 3.7 mi
- USF Botanical Garden: 3.9 mi
- Harvest Hope Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Florida Natural Plants: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 12.4 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 12.7 mi
- Apollo Beach: 16.9 mi
- Fort Brooke: 4.9 mi
- Weedon Island: 14.4 mi
- Gulf City: 21.1 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 7.6 mi
- Gardens Park Picnic Table: 18.4 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Sunset Hills: 22.2 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 22.9 mi
- The Union: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of American Legion Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | S 190° | 7 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sunset Hills | WNW 297° | 5 m | 22.2 mi |
| The Union | WNW 301° | 1 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:56 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 17:04 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa Intl AP, 6 mi away.
- Brown Anole211 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper193 obs
- White Ibis187 obs
- Little Blue Heron139 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel93 obs
- White beggarticks78 obs
- Great Egret73 obs
- Gulf Fritillary69 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 node/358690939
Day trips start here
- Tampa · 4 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 20 mi
- Clearwater · 21 mi
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