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Brevard County Game Refuge

Brevard County Game Refuge from directly overhead

Brevard County Game Refuge is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Bull Hill stands 4 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Parish Park at Scottsmoor, a park 2.9 miles away. INDIAN RIVER LAGOON passes 3.0 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates28.73555, -80.91811

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parish Park at Scottsmoor: 2.9 mi
  • Scottsmoor Landing: 5.0 mi
  • Holder Park: 6.5 mi
  • Cuyler Park: 7.0 mi
  • Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Brevard County: 4.4 mi
  • Space Shuttle Monument: 10.7 mi
  • In the Line of Duty Monument: 10.8 mi
  • Apollo Monument: 10.8 mi
  • Gemini Monument: 10.8 mi
Museums: 26
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 19
Gardens: 10
  • Community Farm and Garden: 19.3 mi
  • BHC Meditation Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Lukas Nursery Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Nature Playground Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 21.7 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Buzzard Roost: 7.4 mi
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 7.5 mi
  • Noah Mound: 7.9 mi
  • Buck Point Mound: 8.5 mi
  • Heiffer Mound: 8.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Heath Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Clifton Springs: 19.6 mi
  • Seminole Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Lake Jesup Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Green Springs: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brevard County Game Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull HillNNE 28°4 m10.5 mi
Buck Point MoundSW 228°3 m8.5 mi
Saddle MoundSW 217°3 m9.1 mi
Moccasin MoundSW 219°3 m9.3 mi
Paw Paw MoundS 177°3 m14.9 mi
Buzzard RoostWSW 246°2 m7.4 mi
Palmer-Taylor MoundWSW 250°2 m7.5 mi
Heiffer MoundSW 217°2 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0419:35
June solstice06:2719:5120:25
September equinox07:1318:5119:22
December solstice07:1316:5617:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596265707580828280756862
Precip in2.92.63.42.54.38.16.87.77.54.72.52.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, 2 mi away.

  • Banded Watersnake10 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise9 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk5 obs
  • Painted Bunting4 obs
  • Eastern Spadefoot4 obs
  • Turkey Vulture3 obs
  • Ring-necked Snake3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle3 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/358692499

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