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Camp Helen State Park

Camp Helen State Park from directly overhead

Camp Helen State Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Rock Hill stands 62 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Park, a park 0.4 miles away. SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-A passes 1.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.27158, -85.99026

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pinnacle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pinnacle Dog Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lake Powell Park: 0.9 mi
  • Eastern Green: 1.5 mi
  • Western Green: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Bear Ridge: 18.2 mi
  • Topsail Hill: 19.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Crawford Hill: 22.7 mi
  • Scrub Hill: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Eastern Green Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Alys Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Seacrest Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Panama City Beaches: 8.4 mi
  • Public Beach: 16.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Washington Blue Spring Choctawhatchee: 18.7 mi
  • Millers Ferry Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Skipper Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Unnamed Spring 5: 23.0 mi
  • Unnamed Spring 3: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Celebration Tower: 7.9 mi
  • Wild Thang Airboat Tours: 8.0 mi
  • Zoom Flume: 11.2 mi
  • Sea Screamer: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Asbell Park: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock HillNNW 343°62 m23.8 mi
Dykes HillN 2°56 m22.9 mi
McKinnon HillN 5°56 m23.0 mi
Laurel HillN 9°54 m22.4 mi
Big HillN 6°53 m22.8 mi
Hunter HillN 7°52 m22.9 mi
Scrub HillNNW 336°44 m22.8 mi
Hogan HillN 8°33 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2418:56
June solstice05:4419:1419:49
September equinox06:3318:1018:42
December solstice06:3716:1216:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677480828279706155
Precip in4.74.85.24.93.05.76.87.15.03.54.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NW Florida Beaches Intl AP, 13 mi away.

  • Sanderling98 obs
  • Laughing Gull72 obs
  • Royal Tern65 obs
  • Brown Pelican54 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard54 obs
  • Great Blue Heron50 obs
  • Snowy Plover49 obs
  • Atlantic Ghost Crab47 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/315107815

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