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Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve

Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve from directly overhead

Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve is a park, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Park, a park 3.5 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 4.1 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.66688, -84.99935

Overlooks nearby

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
Historic sites: 11
  • John Gorrie: 4.1 mi
  • Willoughby Ryan Marks: 4.2 mi
  • Sponge Exchange: 4.3 mi
  • Fishing Boat: 4.4 mi
  • Slave Quarters: 4.4 mi
Museums: 7
  • Gorrie Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Apalachicola Art Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Apalachicola Maritime Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Nature Center: 8.1 mi
  • Constitution Convention Museum: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Tully Park: 5.2 mi
  • Nick's Hole: 5.2 mi
  • Doyle's Creek: 12.5 mi
  • Shelter 20: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Raney House: 4.3 mi
  • Journeys of Saint George Island: 8.4 mi
  • Oyster Boat: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Herb Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Sugar Hill: 16.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar HillENE 76°6 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2019:52
June solstice06:4120:0920:44
September equinox07:2919:0719:38
December solstice07:3217:1017:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687581838380726357
Precip in4.34.25.13.43.16.36.48.45.94.43.33.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apalachicola AP, 4 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle12 obs
  • Sand Weakfish3 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise2 obs
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake2 obs
  • white pitcher plant2 obs
  • fewflower milkweed2 obs
  • telephus spurge2 obs
  • Gafftopsail Catfish2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358729196

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