Ballast Point Park
Ballast Point Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyview Park, a park 1.2 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 6.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tampa Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 17.0 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
- 17.0 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 28.7 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Skyview Park: 1.2 mi
- MacDill 48: 1.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Gadsden Park: 1.9 mi
- Foster Park: 1.9 mi
- U.S. Central Command Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Port Tampa Cemetery: 2.2 mi
- SOCOM Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Port Tampa Cemetery: 2.7 mi
- Trilogy: 3.7 mi
- JFK Memorial Statue: 4.1 mi
- Solstice: 4.2 mi
- "Untitled": 4.4 mi
- City of Tampa Mural: 4.6 mi
- José Martí: 5.4 mi
- Royal Caribbean cruise port: 4.3 mi
- Carnival cruise port: 4.5 mi
- Margaritsville at Sea Port: 4.8 mi
- Pirate Ship: 6.2 mi
- Florida State Fairgrounds: 7.7 mi
- Henry B. Plant Museum: 4.1 mi
- Tampa Bay History Center: 4.1 mi
- SS American Victory;American Victory Museum: 4.4 mi
- Tampa Fire Fighters Museum: 4.6 mi
- Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: 5.5 mi
- Delaney Creek Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Diamondback Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- McKay Bay Nature Park: 5.7 mi
- Snake Island: 7.6 mi
- Benjamin Island: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 5.2 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 6.4 mi
- Apollo Beach: 9.3 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 2.3 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 9.3 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 10.7 mi
- Buckhorn West Spring: 10.7 mi
- Buckhorn East Spring: 10.9 mi
- Clara Frye Garden: 4.9 mi
- Monument Park: 6.4 mi
- HCC Food Forest: 10.6 mi
- Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: 11.5 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Fort Brooke: 3.9 mi
- Weedon Island: 8.0 mi
- Gulf City: 12.7 mi
- Willow: 18.9 mi
- Fort Lonesome: 24.1 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 7.9 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 14.3 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ballast Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | S 190° | 7 m | 14.3 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 | 17:05 | 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 Anole39 obs
- Boat-tailed Grackle21 obs
- Gulf Fritillary20 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper16 obs
- Poey's Furrow Bee16 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron15 obs
- Monarch15 obs
- Great Blue Heron14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/211056083
Day trips start here
- Tampa · 4 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 12 mi
- Clearwater · 20 mi
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