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Don Pedro Island State Park

Don Pedro Island State Park from directly overhead

Don Pedro Island State Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Cash Mound stands 4 m to the east-southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bocilla Islands Conservancy Reserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL passes 0.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates26.85536, -82.30729

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Gulf Cove Park: 4.9 mi
  • Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Park: 6.8 mi
  • Cape Haze-Gasparilla Sound Aquatic Preserve: 6.8 mi
  • Cape Haze Pioneer Trail Park: 7.3 mi
  • Indian Mound Park: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 41
  • The Three Graces: 13.5 mi
  • Old Meadow Park Wall: 14.5 mi
  • School Marms on the Bay: 15.8 mi
  • Boating in Paradise: 16.1 mi
  • Pages From Our Library’s Past: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Attractions: 23
  • Lemon Bay Park Nature Center: 9.1 mi
  • Warm Mineral Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Italian American Club/Circus: 17.4 mi
  • Venice Mercato: 17.6 mi
  • Lending Library: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Placida Bunk House: 7.3 mi
  • Town of McCall: 7.3 mi
  • All Service Branches Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Ponce de Leon Statue: 16.4 mi
  • Radioactive Fountain of Youth: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 10
Museums: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Cash Mound: 8.6 mi
  • John Quiet Mound: 9.3 mi
  • Howard Mound: 14.2 mi
  • Faulkner Mound: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Methodist Memorial Garden: 7.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Boca Grande Lighthouse: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Manasota Beach Picnic Shelter: 12.5 mi
Springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Charlotte County Truck Stop Northbound: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cash MoundESE 113°4 m8.6 mi
Howard MoundSE 137°4 m14.2 mi
Faulkner MoundSSE 162°3 m16.4 mi
John Quiet MoundESE 115°2 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3719:5320:27
September equinox07:1818:5619:27
December solstice07:1517:0717:42

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626568737881838382777065
Precip in2.72.03.02.53.37.87.48.37.23.31.52.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Venice, 19 mi away.

  • Anhinga78 obs
  • Tricolored Heron69 obs
  • Great Egret61 obs
  • Osprey57 obs
  • Green Heron49 obs
  • Snowy Egret48 obs
  • Great Blue Heron48 obs
  • White Peacock45 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358737908

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