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Forsyth Park

Forsyth Park from directly overhead

Forsyth Park is a park in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Dry Pine Hill stands 9 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fragrant Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. SC-46 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates32.06863, -81.09581

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 57
Museums: 40
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 17
  • Oglethorpe Trolley Tours Welcome Center: 0.7 mi
  • Oglethorpe Trolley: 0.8 mi
  • Big Chairs: 0.9 mi
  • River Street Riverboat Company: 0.9 mi
  • River Street: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Fragrant Garden: 0.0 mi
  • SCAD Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Victory Heights Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Savannah Botanical Gardens: 4.3 mi
  • Savannah Botancial Gardens: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Sassafras Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Laurel Knoll: 20.1 mi
  • Buzzard Knoll: 20.3 mi
  • Calabash Knoll: 20.6 mi
  • Prevent Knoll: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Butter Bean Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Savannah River Beach: 14.3 mi
  • North Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Back River Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Mid Beach: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dry Pine HillN 353°9 m21.8 mi
Stevens HillN 353°8 m23.2 mi
Long HillN 352°7 m23.8 mi
Sassafras HillNNE 12°4 m19.8 mi
Laurel KnollNNE 15°4 m20.1 mi
Buzzard KnollNNE 14°4 m20.3 mi
Calabash KnollNNE 14°4 m20.6 mi
Prevent KnollNNE 13°4 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0419:36
June solstice06:1919:5820:34
September equinox07:1318:5019:23
December solstice07:2216:4717:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515460677480838278695953
Precip in3.32.83.53.43.66.65.75.54.43.72.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spanish moss319 obs
  • Green Anole204 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel172 obs
  • resurrection fern170 obs
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth149 obs
  • Brown Anole141 obs
  • Ladder brake124 obs
  • Rock Pigeon111 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/130173066

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