Debbie Lightsey Nature Park
Debbie Lightsey Nature Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is FSU Rec Sports Complex, a park 0.6 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 0.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- FSU Rec Sports Complex: 0.6 mi
- Broadmoor Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- James Messer Fields South: 0.9 mi
- James Messer Park: 0.9 mi
- South Mabry Manor Park: 1.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.4 mi
- Double Springs: 13.0 mi
- Wakulla Spring: 13.6 mi
- Northside Spring 2: 13.8 mi
- Northside Spring 1: 13.8 mi
- Blockhouse: 2.3 mi
- Lancy Amelie Gray: 2.5 mi
- In Memory of Carolyn I. Steele: 2.6 mi
- Small Park Dedication: 2.6 mi
- Mrs. Glenn Terrell Plaque: 2.6 mi
- Celebration: 1.2 mi
- Rollycoaster: 1.2 mi
- Unconquered Statue: 2.7 mi
- Declaration: 3.0 mi
- Sculpture garden: 3.3 mi
- Tallahassee Museum: 1.3 mi
- San Luis Mission Museum: 2.1 mi
- Mission San Luis: 2.1 mi
- FSU Museum of Fine Arts: 3.6 mi
- R.A. Gray Florida History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 3.0 mi
- Silver Lake Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Talquin WMA: 5.7 mi
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park: 8.6 mi
- Fort Braden Trails: 8.7 mi
- Seminole Organic Garden: 2.9 mi
- Plantasia: 3.6 mi
- Dent Street Diggers Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Ripe City Urban Farm: 4.1 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 3.9 mi
- Observation Deck: 22.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Rock Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 19.7 mi
- Calico Hill: 23.4 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.5 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 5.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Debbie Lightsey Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calico Hill | ESE 112° | 11 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:18 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:37 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:05 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee AP, 2 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle60 obs
- Green Anole54 obs
- Brown Anole46 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel43 obs
- Southern Toad39 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle38 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk34 obs
- Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth30 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/1020635109
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 6 mi
- Quincy · 18 mi
- Apalachicola National Forest · 23 mi
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