Hontoon Island State Park
Hontoon Island State Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Buncombe Hill stands 12 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR passes 0.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Florida State Parks
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
- 14.7 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 20.3 mi off the GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY
- 20.5 mi off the HRTG CROSSROADS HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Airport Observation Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hontoon Island State Park: 0.7 mi
- De Land Marine Park: 0.8 mi
- Blue Spring State Park: 1.1 mi
- Lake Beresford Park: 2.2 mi
- Valentine Park: 2.4 mi
- Volusia Blue Spring: 1.7 mi
- Mosquito Springs: 6.7 mi
- Gemini Springs: 7.7 mi
- Green Algae Boil Spring: 7.9 mi
- Blue Algae Boil Spring: 8.0 mi
- Postal Museum: 3.9 mi
- African American Museum of the Arts: 5.1 mi
- African American Museum of the Arts, Inc: 5.1 mi
- DeLand Memorial Museum: 5.2 mi
- Museum of Art: 5.5 mi
- Scrub Oak Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 2.0 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 2.9 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 3.3 mi
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park: 3.7 mi
- Reverend Eloise Page Meditation Garden: 7.4 mi
- Webster Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Deltona Commuity Gardens: 7.8 mi
- The Bunny Garden: 8.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.2 mi
- Hulley Tower: 5.9 mi
- F-15 Eagle: 7.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Chuck Lennon Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Bluemner Kouba Collection: Oscar Bluemner: 5.9 mi
- John B. Stetson: 5.9 mi
- Alligator Sculpture: 9.0 mi
- Rock: 11.1 mi
- Eihei: 20.6 mi
- Skydive Deland: 8.3 mi
- ZOOm Air Orlando: 10.1 mi
- Mount Dora Lighthouse: 20.9 mi
- Ed Yarborough Nature Center: 22.9 mi
- Danville: 23.2 mi
- Bowers Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Caldwell Point: 17.6 mi
- Morrison Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Shell Mound: 18.5 mi
- Buncombe Hill: 18.8 mi
- The Grove: 20.8 mi
- Little Big Econ Pavilion: 24.4 mi
- Central Florida Bible Camp: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hontoon Island State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe Hill | NE 39° | 12 m | 18.8 mi |
| Shell Mound | NW 324° | 2 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:53 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 65 | 60 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deland 1 SSE, 5 mi away.
- Longnose Gar117 obs
- American Alligator102 obs
- Great Blue Heron76 obs
- Green Anole67 obs
- Black Vulture66 obs
- West Indian Manatee65 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant65 obs
- Anhinga61 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/391070659
Day trips start here
- Daytona Beach · 26 mi
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