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Francis S Taylor Wildlife Management Area

Francis S Taylor Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Francis S Taylor Wildlife Management Area is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Everglades Airboat Expeditions, a attraction 4.8 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 25 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates25.83093, -80.49144

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Tree Island Park: 6.3 mi
  • Doral Meadow Park: 6.6 mi
  • Thompson Park: 6.7 mi
  • Trails and Tails Park: 6.8 mi
  • Doral Legacy park: 7.0 mi
Artworks
  • Art at doral: 7.2 mi
  • Panther Statue: 8.7 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 8.8 mi
  • Alexa M. Duran Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Tree of Life: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 52
Beaches: 15
  • Tahiti Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Hobie Island Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Hobie Island Beach Park: 20.5 mi
  • Crandon Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Miami Beach: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 13
  • Tree Island Preserve: 6.3 mi
  • Chapel Trail Nature Preserve: 13.8 mi
  • R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 17.7 mi
  • Miramar Pineland Natural Area: 17.9 mi
  • Edwin Rosenberg Bird Sanctuary: 18.7 mi
Gardens: 11
Peaks: 5
  • Medley Landfill: 9.0 mi
  • Palm Tree Head: 12.9 mi
  • Grossman Ridge: 16.6 mi
  • Melaleuca Head: 20.2 mi
  • Panther Mound: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Table: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Table: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Francis S Taylor Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medley LandfillENE 78°81 m9.0 mi
Palm Tree HeadW 266°2 m12.9 mi
Melaleuca HeadNW 308°2 m20.2 mi
Grossman RidgeSSW 211°1 m16.6 mi
Panther MoundSW 223°1 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0319:34
June solstice06:3219:4420:17
September equinox07:1118:4919:20
December solstice07:0517:0217:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F687072767982848483807470
Precip in2.02.22.33.46.410.48.610.89.38.43.42.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miami Nwsfo, 9 mi away.

  • Purple Gallinule19 obs
  • American Alligator16 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper7 obs
  • Boat-tailed Grackle5 obs
  • pickerelweed3 obs
  • Turkey Vulture2 obs
  • Green Iguana2 obs
  • Halloween Pennant2 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 node/358729797

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