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Bacon Park

Bacon Park from directly overhead

Bacon Park is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Sassafras Hill stands 4 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Stadium Park, a park 0.2 miles away. SC-46 Scenic Highway passes 17 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.99660, -81.08178

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Stadium Park: 0.2 mi
  • Memorial Stadium Park & Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Anderson- Cohen Weightlifting Center: 0.3 mi
  • Lake Mayer Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ambuc Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 38
  • Thunderbolt Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Pin Point Heritage Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Savannah African Art Museum: 4.2 mi
  • King Tisdell Cottage: 4.9 mi
  • King-Tisdell Cottage: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 26
  • "Home of the Atom Smashers": 2.8 mi
  • Mushrooms: 3.9 mi
  • Silence is Golden: 5.7 mi
  • SCAD Beach: 5.7 mi
  • John Wesley: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Polk's Market at Sandfly: 0.9 mi
  • Skidaway Meadow: 3.5 mi
  • Oglethorpe Trolley Tours Welcome Center: 5.7 mi
  • River Street: 5.8 mi
  • Oglethorpe Trolley: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Savannah Botancial Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Savannah Botanical Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Wymberly Garden Club: 2.1 mi
  • Victory Heights Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Azelea Garden: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Butter Bean Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Savannah River Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Back River Beach: 13.4 mi
  • South Beach: 13.7 mi
  • North Beach: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Sassafras Hill: 24.6 mi
  • Laurel Knoll: 24.8 mi
  • Buzzard Knoll: 25.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sassafras HillN 8°4 m24.6 mi
Laurel KnollN 10°4 m24.8 mi
Buzzard KnollN 10°4 m25.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0419:36
June solstice06:2019:5820:34
September equinox07:1318:5019:23
December solstice07:2216:4817:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515460677480838278695953
Precip in3.32.83.53.43.66.65.75.54.43.72.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard150 obs
  • Muscovy Duck94 obs
  • Canada Goose83 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull78 obs
  • Pond Slider74 obs
  • Bufflehead71 obs
  • American Coot65 obs
  • Anhinga59 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358710173

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