Cougar Park
Cougar Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Garrison Hammock stands 25 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort McCoy Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.1 miles away. FLORIDA BLACK BEAR passes 10 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Marion County Parks
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 10.5 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Giant Cypress · 15 mi
- Observation Tower · 23 mi
- Observation Tower · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort McCoy Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Gore's Landing Park: 5.7 mi
- Fore Lake Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Horseshoe Lake Park and Retreat: 8.7 mi
- Moorehead Park: 9.4 mi
- Wells Landing Springs: 5.0 mi
- Tobacco Patch Springs: 5.3 mi
- Riversites Spring: 6.0 mi
- Camp Seminole Springs: 9.9 mi
- Orange Spring: 10.3 mi
- Silver Springs Forest Conservation Area: 7.5 mi
- Quail Roost Conservation Easement: 8.5 mi
- Crones Cradle Conservation Easement: 8.6 mi
- Silver Springs Sandhill: 11.0 mi
- Silver Springs Conservation Area: 12.2 mi
- Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center: 11.8 mi
- Appleton Museum of Art: 12.6 mi
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House: 14.1 mi
- Marion County Museum of History: 14.7 mi
- Marion County Museum of History: 14.7 mi
- Osceola: 11.4 mi
- Bounceback Wall: 15.7 mi
- Patriot Horse: 18.4 mi
- Futura Fury Horse: 18.5 mi
- Robert Wormser Memorial Sculpture: 18.7 mi
- Orange Creek Restoration Area: 7.3 mi
- Santos Trailhead: 19.4 mi
- Vortex Pit: 20.6 mi
- Large Cypress Tree: 24.6 mi
- Time Capsule: 11.8 mi
- Edgar Post Office: 16.0 mi
- Little Garrison Hammock: 15.9 mi
- Garrison Hammock: 15.9 mi
- CF Cafeteria outdoor eating area: 18.5 mi
- CF Athletics Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Marion County Rest Area Southbound: 22.7 mi
- Marion County Rest Area Northbound: 22.7 mi
- Sunday Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Kerr City: 11.2 mi
- Fort King Garden: 13.9 mi
- Hampton Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cougar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Hammock | NW 317° | 25 m | 15.9 mi |
| Little Garrison Hammock | NW 315° | 21 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 19:56 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orange Springs 2ssw, 8 mi away.
- American Black Bear4 obs
- Brown Anole3 obs
- St. Andrew's cross3 obs
- Pygmy Rattlesnake2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- buttonbush2 obs
- deerberry2 obs
- Sandhill Crane2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/594750623
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