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Charles Park

Charles Park from directly overhead

Charles Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Sunset Hills stands 5 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgewater Drive Park, a park 0.4 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 5.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.99435, -82.78960

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites: 60
Attractions
Museums: 40
  • Clearwater Historical Society Museum and Cultural Center: 2.6 mi
  • The Collection On Palmetto Foundation: 2.8 mi
  • Palm Harbor Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Safety Harbor Museum & Cultural Center: 6.1 mi
  • The American Arts and Crafts Movement Museum: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 25
  • Gladys E. Douglas Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Canal Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
  • Anderson Park: 10.0 mi
  • Town-n-Country Preserve: 11.6 mi
  • Old Memorial Conservation Area: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 18
Gardens: 15
Springs: 9
  • Sage Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Health Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Ewanowski Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Blue Sink: 20.4 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sunset Hills: 11.2 mi
  • The Union: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 13.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunset HillsN 2°5 m11.2 mi
The UnionN 360°1 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3619:5720:31
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:1917:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882838482776964
Precip in2.62.42.42.62.78.99.78.86.42.51.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg Clearwater Intl, 9 mi away.

  • Brown Anole78 obs
  • Great Egret59 obs
  • Osprey58 obs
  • Brown Pelican52 obs
  • Little Blue Heron40 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise39 obs
  • Laughing Gull38 obs
  • Anhinga34 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/230762295

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