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Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

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Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Chinsegut Hill stands 82 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY passes 9.7 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates28.80074, -82.58294

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fire Station Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bluebird Springs Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sugar Mill Historic Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Yulee Sugarmill Ruins Historic State Park: 1.9 mi
Springs
  • Bear Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Alligator Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Banana Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Abdoney Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Belcher Spring: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Attractions: 7
  • Alpaca Magic: 4.1 mi
  • Captain Mike’s “Swimming With The Manatees”: 5.7 mi
  • Historic Duval House: 17.8 mi
  • Wilderness River Cruise: 19.5 mi
  • Mermaid Lagoon: 19.6 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Witzka: 5.8 mi
  • Bailey Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Chinsegut Hill: 18.2 mi
  • Kirk Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Tucker Hill: 22.5 mi
Museums: 5
Beaches: 5
Historic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Old Glory Plaque: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Pink Elephant: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chinsegut HillSE 133°82 m18.2 mi
Munden HillSE 136°80 m24.4 mi
Kirk HillSE 132°65 m22.4 mi
Bailey HillSSE 155°64 m15.1 mi
Tucker HillSE 130°55 m22.5 mi
WitzkaSSE 168°7 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3319:5820:32
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:2017:0317:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565963697580818179726459
Precip in3.02.73.32.73.18.17.88.75.82.91.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Inverness 3 SE, 16 mi away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron264 obs
  • Black Vulture120 obs
  • Wood Duck118 obs
  • Great Blue Heron115 obs
  • Common Snook95 obs
  • Gray Snapper72 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper72 obs
  • Brown Anole70 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/321225195

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