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Big Bend Wildlife Management Area

Big Bend Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Big Bend Wildlife Management Area is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bend Wildlife Management Area - Hickory Mound Unit, a nature reserve 3.4 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 21 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.00216, -83.81293

59 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 33
  • Tay69992 Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Tay69991 Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Tay616991 Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Fenholloway Spring: 10.0 mi
Parks: 13
  • Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Glenn Ratliff Memorial Park Taylor County Sports Complex: 15.3 mi
  • Forest Capital Museum State Park: 15.6 mi
  • South Side Park: 15.8 mi
  • Perry Pavilion and Park: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hills: 18.2 mi
  • Calico Hill: 23.1 mi
Museums: 1
  • Forest Capital Museum: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Butterfly Garden: 21.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Observation Deck: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Great Blue Heron: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Bend Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calico HillNNW 334°11 m23.1 mi
Sand HillsNW 304°3 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1519:47
June solstice06:3520:0520:40
September equinox07:2419:0219:33
December solstice07:2817:0417:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687580828279716156
Precip in3.73.44.63.63.86.56.76.85.22.01.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perry Foley AP, 15 mi away.

  • Ring-necked Snake2 obs
  • Scarlet Kingsnake2 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail2 obs
  • Red-breasted Merganser1 obs
  • Two-toed Amphiuma1 obs
  • Pine Snake1 obs
  • Banded Watersnake1 obs
  • Pygmy Rattlesnake1 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/358730950

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