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Deese Memorial Park

Deese Memorial Park from directly overhead

Deese Memorial Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is South Columbia Sports Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.92431, -82.71447

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Wilson Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Sunbeam Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Jamison Springs: 3.3 mi
  • Col917971 Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Col928971 Spring: 3.4 mi
Parks: 52
Nature reserves: 13
  • Fort White Wildlife and Environmental Area: 4.2 mi
  • Ichetucknee Springs State Park: 4.7 mi
  • Loncala, Inc. Conservation Easement #1: 5.0 mi
  • Santa Fe River-Hartzog Conservation Easement: 6.2 mi
  • Gichrist Blue Springs State Park: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Museums: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Underwood Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Spring Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • shipwreck: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Underwood HillSE 126°55 m11.4 mi
Rocky HillNNW 328°47 m19.6 mi
Spring HillESE 120°43 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2317:0017:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677580818178706256
Precip in3.73.13.92.83.46.77.17.25.43.52.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — High Springs, 10 mi away.

  • Loggerhead Musk Turtle14 obs
  • West Indian Manatee8 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise6 obs
  • Suwannee Bass5 obs
  • River Cooter4 obs
  • Northern Cardinal3 obs
  • butterfly pea3 obs
  • Southeastern Slimy Salamander2 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/549609687

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