Ben Shavis Park
Ben Shavis Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairwood Park, a park 0.8 miles away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 28 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the FLORIDA KEYS HWY, National
- 29.7 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Bel Aire Park: 0.8 mi
- Palmetto Bay Park: 1.0 mi
- Tiffany Drive Park: 1.0 mi
- Quail Roost Park: 1.1 mi
- Orinoco Crocodile: 2.3 mi
- Black Bear: 2.3 mi
- Green anaconda: 2.3 mi
- Snakes: 2.3 mi
- Red River Hog: 2.3 mi
- Golden Elephant: 2.5 mi
- Pot of Gold: 2.6 mi
- Sagitaro: 5.0 mi
- Heavy Metal: 5.0 mi
- North And South: 5.0 mi
- Larry and Penny Dedication Plaque: 2.3 mi
- Door support column: 2.6 mi
- Concrete arches: 2.7 mi
- Memorial of Cypress: 2.9 mi
- Chateau Artisan: 8.1 mi
- Miami-Dade Military Museum: 2.6 mi
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Wings Over Miami Air Museum: 5.6 mi
- Coral Castle Museum: 8.8 mi
- Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum: 10.4 mi
- Tahiti Beach: 9.6 mi
- Crandon Park Beach: 14.2 mi
- Hobie Island Beach: 14.2 mi
- Crandon Beach: 14.8 mi
- Hobie Island Beach Park: 15.1 mi
- Clubhouse Garden: 8.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- Palmetum: 9.7 mi
- The Kampong: 10.3 mi
- Organic Garden: 10.5 mi
- Ned Glenn Nature Reserve: 1.9 mi
- R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary: 7.5 mi
- Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Tree Island Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Table: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Table: 2.7 mi
- Long Pine Key Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Grossman Ridge: 16.7 mi
- Medley Landfill: 17.6 mi
- Panther Mound: 24.9 mi
- Aladdin City: 6.3 mi
- Fort Dallas: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ben Shavis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medley Landfill | N 2° | 81 m | 17.6 mi |
| Grossman Ridge | W 275° | 1 m | 16.7 mi |
| Panther Mound | W 265° | 1 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 19:43 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:49 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 17:02 | 17:36 |
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 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 72 | 68 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perrine 4W, 5 mi away.
- Brown Anole211 obs
- Peters's Rock Agama116 obs
- Green Anole68 obs
- White beggarticks61 obs
- Muscovy Duck60 obs
- Indian Peafowl58 obs
- Northern Mockingbird56 obs
- Gulf Fritillary55 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 way/1224898311
Day trips start here
- Miami · 12 mi
- Biscayne National Park · 18 mi
- Miami Beach/South Beach · 19 mi
- Greater Miami · 28 mi
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