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Halfmoon Park

Halfmoon Park from directly overhead

Halfmoon Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Bend Island Park, a park 1.3 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 9.4 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

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Coordinates30.56079, -81.61732
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eagle Bend Island Park: 1.3 mi
  • River Glen Park: 4.0 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 4.7 mi
  • Ponder Park: 4.7 mi
  • John Muir Ecological Park: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Anheuser-Busch Brewery: 9.1 mi
  • Stingray Bay: 10.9 mi
  • Reptile of the Seronera: 11.0 mi
  • River Valley Aviary: 11.0 mi
  • African Lion: 11.0 mi
Museums: 18
Cliffs: 17
Artworks: 14
Historic sites: 12
Nature reserves: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Kingsley Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Round Top: 11.4 mi
  • McClure Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 14.4 mi
  • Indian Mound: 17.7 mi
  • Storm Hill: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Sunowa Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Pottsburg Spring: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaSE 128°15 m14.4 mi
Storm HillNNW 343°14 m18.3 mi
McClure HillNE 50°10 m13.0 mi
Round TopSSE 150°8 m11.4 mi
London HillN 2°7 m20.3 mi
Indian MoundSE 139°3 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:2519:5720:33
September equinox07:1518:5319:25
December solstice07:2016:5417:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545862687580838279716257
Precip in3.32.93.32.93.47.66.86.97.64.02.02.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • leafy oak gall wasp25 obs
  • Druon quercuslanigerum11 obs
  • Belonocnema treatae9 obs
  • Southern Live Oak Stem Gall Wasp9 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise8 obs
  • Rambur's Forktail8 obs
  • Kokkocynips difficilis7 obs
  • Disholcaspis quercusvirens6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358730548

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