Cortez Park
Cortez Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Stockton Park, a park 0.3 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 10 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL
- 17.4 mi off the A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS)
- 18.9 mi off the A1A HISTORIC BYWAY
- 20.5 mi off the JC PENNEY MEM HWY
Overlooks nearby
- North Overlook · 18 mi
- South Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stockton Park: 0.3 mi
- Desoto Park: 0.3 mi
- Columbus Park: 0.3 mi
- Yerkes Park: 0.5 mi
- Bettes Park: 0.6 mi
- Riverview Gardens: 9.6 mi
- Save the Frogs: 9.6 mi
- Emu: 9.6 mi
- Hornbill Aviary: 9.6 mi
- Lorikeet Aviary: 9.6 mi
- Life: 3.1 mi
- Coming Home: 3.7 mi
- Letha Davis Spire: 3.7 mi
- Showing the Way: Tille K. Fowler Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Nova: 4.6 mi
- G Howard Bryan Museum of Southern History: 0.9 mi
- Museum of Science & History: 4.2 mi
- USS Orleck: 4.8 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville: 4.9 mi
- Jacksonville Fire Museum: 4.9 mi
- Crosby Sanctuary: 6.8 mi
- Crosby Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 10.6 mi
- Pablo Creek Perserve: 14.9 mi
- Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area: 15.9 mi
- English Garden: 3.4 mi
- Italian Garden: 3.5 mi
- Upper Olmsted Garden: 3.5 mi
- Lower Olmsted Garden: 3.5 mi
- Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 4.4 mi
- Andrew Jackson: 4.6 mi
- Market Street Horror: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 5.3 mi
- Grove Park Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Wadesboro Spring: 7.9 mi
- Pottsburg Spring: 8.1 mi
- Ww Gay 1 Spring: 8.2 mi
- Ww Gay 2 Spring: 8.2 mi
- Sunowa Spring: 15.7 mi
- Black Point: 4.3 mi
- Beauclerc Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Saint Johns Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Half Moon Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Shee Beach: 18.6 mi
- Seminole Beach: 20.2 mi
- Bone Yard Beach: 22.1 mi
- Mickler's Landing: 22.2 mi
- Round Top: 14.9 mi
- Indian Mound: 18.0 mi
- Mount Cornelia: 20.0 mi
- Saint Johns County Rest Area I-95 Southbound: 17.3 mi
- Saint Johns County Rest Area I-95 Northbound: 17.6 mi
- Yukon: 2.7 mi
- Cornerstone Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cortez Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cornelia | NE 56° | 15 m | 20.0 mi |
| Round Top | NE 47° | 8 m | 14.9 mi |
| Indian Mound | ENE 69° | 3 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:55 | 17:31 |
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 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 74 | 65 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville NAS, 4 mi away.
- Brown Anole64 obs
- Monarch56 obs
- Painted Bunting38 obs
- Cuban Tree Frog34 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper25 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk17 obs
- Northern Mockingbird17 obs
- Gulf Fritillary16 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/540189193
Day trips start here
- Jacksonville · 5 mi
- Orange Park · 7 mi
- Green Cove Springs · 19 mi
- Jacksonville Beach · 19 mi
- Mayport · 19 mi
- Neptune Beach · 19 mi
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