Bobby Hicks Park
Bobby Hicks Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Palma Ceia Lions Park, a park 0.8 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 6.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This is the open area located next to the Hobby Hicks Pool, this quiet park has a couple benches but most importantly a wooden pier that overlooks the lake.
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 16.0 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 17.4 mi off the SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY
- 27.3 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Palma Ceia Lions Park: 0.8 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- MacDill 48: 1.2 mi
- Skyview Park: 1.3 mi
- Foster Park: 1.3 mi
- Port Tampa Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- Port Tampa Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- U.S. Central Command Memorial: 1.8 mi
- SOCOM Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Trilogy: 4.5 mi
- JFK Memorial Statue: 5.7 mi
- Solstice: 6.0 mi
- City of Tampa Mural: 6.3 mi
- "Untitled": 6.4 mi
- José Martí: 7.2 mi
- Royal Caribbean cruise port: 6.3 mi
- Carnival cruise port: 6.5 mi
- Margaritsville at Sea Port: 6.7 mi
- Pirate Ship: 6.9 mi
- Utopiary Land: 8.7 mi
- Henry B. Plant Museum: 5.7 mi
- Tampa Bay History Center: 6.1 mi
- Tampa Fire Fighters Museum: 6.4 mi
- SS American Victory;American Victory Museum: 6.4 mi
- Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: 7.4 mi
- Diamondback Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Benjamin Island: 5.3 mi
- Snake Island: 5.3 mi
- Ross Island: 5.6 mi
- Delaney Creek Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Island Beach: 3.0 mi
- Gardenville Beach: 8.0 mi
- Spa Beach: 9.8 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 3.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 10.7 mi
- Blue Sink: 12.6 mi
- Ewanowski Spring: 12.6 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 12.9 mi
- Clara Frye Garden: 6.5 mi
- Monument Park: 7.1 mi
- Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: 9.4 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Cultural Grove: 9.8 mi
- Weedon Island: 5.6 mi
- Fort Brooke: 5.8 mi
- Gulf City: 12.3 mi
- Willow: 19.2 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 7.2 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 13.3 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 24.8 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bobby Hicks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | S 181° | 7 m | 13.3 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | SSW 196° | 1 m | 24.8 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 Anole61 obs
- Great Blue Heron42 obs
- Cuban Tree Frog40 obs
- Gulf Fritillary35 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper35 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle31 obs
- Osprey28 obs
- White Ibis27 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/469595661
Day trips start here
- Tampa · 6 mi
- Saint Petersburg · 10 mi
- Clearwater · 18 mi
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