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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fernandina Beach Veterans Memorial Plaza, a historic site 0.1 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) runs past it. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.66919, -81.45511

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 44
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 9
  • Fernandina Beach Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Clinch: 2.5 mi
  • Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 2.5 mi
  • Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 2.5 mi
  • Tabby Ruins: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Museums: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Arts Are Alive Project: 0.6 mi
  • Aligator statue: 21.6 mi
  • Gorilla Statue: 21.6 mi
  • Elephant Pair: 21.6 mi
  • Zuko: 21.7 mi
Peaks: 6
  • McClure Hill: 0.9 mi
  • London Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 16.5 mi
  • Round Top: 17.8 mi
  • Storm Hill: 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Gardens: 3
  • Kingsley Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 21.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaS 174°15 m16.5 mi
Storm HillNW 304°14 m18.0 mi
McClure HillNNE 20°10 m0.9 mi
Round TopSSW 193°8 m17.8 mi
London HillNW 325°7 m15.6 mi
Indian MoundS 175°3 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0619:38
June solstice06:2419:5720:32
September equinox07:1518:5219:24
December solstice07:2016:5317:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555863697681838280736458
Precip in3.23.13.33.02.76.15.06.47.25.01.93.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fernandina Beach, under a mile away.

  • Great Egret140 obs
  • American Alligator131 obs
  • Anhinga130 obs
  • Brown Anole115 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary92 obs
  • Green Anole91 obs
  • White Ibis88 obs
  • Laughing Gull85 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 way/234730132

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