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Anclote Key Preserve State Park

Anclote Key Preserve State Park from directly overhead

Anclote Key Preserve State Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Sunset Hills stands 5 m to the east-southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Union, a peak 3.7 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 18 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates28.19307, -82.85066

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Anclote Gulf Park: 3.9 mi
  • Anclote River Park: 4.1 mi
  • Key Vista Nature Park: 4.2 mi
  • J. Ben Harrill Recreation Complex: 5.1 mi
  • Aloha Gardens Park: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 25
Historic sites: 20
Nature reserves: 15
  • Anderson Park: 7.9 mi
  • James E. Grey Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • Lake Dan Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Lake Dan Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
  • Canal Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 14
Museums: 13
Springs: 12
  • Health Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Sage Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Cauldron Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Reflection Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Salt Spring: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Gardens: 7
Peaks: 3
  • The Union: 3.7 mi
  • Sunset Hills: 4.9 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunset HillsESE 121°5 m4.9 mi
The UnionE 93°1 m3.7 mi
Buzzards RoostNE 37°1 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3619:5820:32
September equinox07:2118:5819:29
December solstice07:2017:0517:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606367727882838381766862
Precip in3.02.53.12.72.47.19.19.77.03.21.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tarpon Spgs Sewage PLT, 7 mi away.

  • Gopher Tortoise18 obs
  • Pinfish10 obs
  • Reddish Egret8 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant8 obs
  • Brown Pelican7 obs
  • sea oats7 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab6 obs
  • Pigfish6 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358690942

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