Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the east-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dell Holmes Park, a park 0.6 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 9.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 15.9 mi off the COURTNEY CAMPBELL
- 16.4 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 17.4 mi off the BRADENTON BEACH HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Dell Holmes Park: 0.6 mi
- Lakewood Terrace Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Bayou Highlands Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
- Grandview Park: 1.1 mi
- Harbordale Park: 1.2 mi
- Thirst and Zulu Painter Mural: 2.0 mi
- Cryptik Mural: 2.2 mi
- Leo Gomez Mural: 2.4 mi
- HUEMAN Mural: 2.5 mi
- Sam Yong Mural: 2.5 mi
- Huggins-Stengel Field: 3.8 mi
- USCGC Blackthorn Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Bayflite Historical Marker: 8.9 mi
- Spanish American War: 9.4 mi
- Battery Laidly: 9.4 mi
- Lake Maggiore Environmental Education Center: 0.8 mi
- Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum: 1.9 mi
- Imagine Museum: Contemporary glass art: 2.6 mi
- Chihuly Collection: 2.7 mi
- Chihuly Collection: 2.7 mi
- Thrill Hill: 2.0 mi
- Historic Banyan Tree: 3.1 mi
- Utopiary Land: 5.7 mi
- City of Pinellas Park F-16 Aircraft Monument: 9.2 mi
- Skyzone Trampoline Park: 11.7 mi
- Bahama Beach: 2.0 mi
- South Beach: 2.5 mi
- Spa Beach: 3.4 mi
- Lido Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pass-a-Grille Beach: 5.6 mi
- No Mow Area: 1.7 mi
- Clam Bayou Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Placido Bayou Reserves West: 5.9 mi
- Ross Island: 7.9 mi
- Snake Island: 8.6 mi
- Palmetto Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- The Sage garden: 2.6 mi
- Cultural Grove: 3.4 mi
- Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum: 3.9 mi
- Sunken Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Palma Ceia Spring: 16.6 mi
- Manatee Mineral Spring: 17.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 23.5 mi
- Buckhorn South Spring: 24.0 mi
- Buckhorn West Spring: 24.1 mi
- Picnic Bench: 14.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 15.2 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 15.7 mi
- Ben T. Davis Beach: 17.0 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Weedon Island: 8.5 mi
- Gulf City: 12.1 mi
- Fort Brooke: 19.0 mi
- Willow: 20.0 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 9.0 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 14.1 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | ESE 112° | 7 m | 9.0 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | S 172° | 1 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:12 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:56 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 17:06 | 17:41 |
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 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg, 3 mi away.
- American Alligator421 obs
- Brown Anole263 obs
- Anhinga198 obs
- Common Gallinule181 obs
- Great Egret132 obs
- White Peacock121 obs
- Osprey114 obs
- Green Anole113 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/228682103
Day trips start here
- Saint Petersburg · 3 mi
- Clearwater · 18 mi
- Tampa · 19 mi
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