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Gonzales Park

Gonzales Park from directly overhead

Gonzales Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Penman Park, a park 0.3 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 0.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.29059, -81.40074

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Penman Park: 0.3 mi
  • 4th Ave Park: 0.4 mi
  • Carver Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
  • Tall Pines Park: 0.6 mi
  • Latham Plaza: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Batting Cages: 0.7 mi
  • Frog Hopper: 0.7 mi
  • Area 51 Laser Tag: 0.7 mi
  • Monty's Marina Deep-Sea Fishing: 7.1 mi
  • Fort Family Park: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Portico: 1.5 mi
  • Bird Island Park Gift Stone: 4.7 mi
  • Seaside Sign: 8.9 mi
  • Jaguar: 14.4 mi
  • Letha Davis Spire: 15.2 mi
Museums: 15
Gardens: 9
  • Sea Turtle Maze: 4.7 mi
  • Kingsley Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses: 15.5 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 5
  • Pottsburg Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Shands Bridge Spring: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Indian Mound: 5.4 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 9.9 mi
  • Round Top: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaN 351°15 m9.9 mi
Round TopNW 321°8 m11.4 mi
Indian MoundNNW 345°3 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2519:5620:31
September equinox07:1518:5219:24
December solstice07:1916:5417:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F576065707781838381756660
Precip in3.52.83.23.02.96.84.97.57.25.12.53.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville Beach, under a mile away.

  • Laughing Gull157 obs
  • Boat-tailed Grackle79 obs
  • Cannonball Jelly74 obs
  • Brown Anole70 obs
  • Sanderling69 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull59 obs
  • Willet58 obs
  • Royal Tern54 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/126301848

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