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Big Talbot Island State Park

Big Talbot Island State Park from directly overhead

Big Talbot Island State Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the south-southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Half Moon Bluff, a cliff 0.6 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.48357, -81.44009

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 48
Museums: 18
  • American Beach Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Amelia Island Museum of History: 12.8 mi
  • Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Beaches Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Fort Clinch Museum: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 16
Historic sites: 12
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 8
  • Kingsley Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Sea Turtle Maze: 18.2 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 5
Nature reserves: 5
  • Betz-Tiger Point Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Seaton Creek Preserve: 13.9 mi
  • Fort Clinch State Park: 14.1 mi
  • Cradle Creek Preserve: 14.4 mi
  • Pablo Creek Perserve: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Mount Cornelia: 3.6 mi
  • Round Top: 6.7 mi
  • Indian Mound: 8.2 mi
  • McClure Hill: 13.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pottsburg Spring: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaSSE 167°15 m3.6 mi
McClure HillN 358°10 m13.7 mi
Round TopSW 227°8 m6.7 mi
Indian MoundS 173°3 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:38
June solstice06:2519:5720:32
September equinox07:1518:5219:24
December solstice07:1916:5317:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555863697580838280736558
Precip in2.92.63.12.53.06.65.46.06.45.02.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayport Pilot STN, 6 mi away.

  • Willet44 obs
  • Green Anole33 obs
  • Eastern Coral Bean33 obs
  • Laughing Gull31 obs
  • Cannonball Jelly29 obs
  • Cloudy Periwinkle29 obs
  • Brown Anole26 obs
  • Snowy Egret24 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/358737885

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