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James Weldon Johnson Park

James Weldon Johnson Park from directly overhead

James Weldon Johnson Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 14 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates30.32929, -81.65924

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • James Weldon Johnson Park: 0.0 mi
  • Jesse B. Smith Memorial Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Bay & Broad Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
  • Water and Broad Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
  • Armory Building: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Riverview Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Hornbill Aviary: 4.9 mi
  • Komodo Dragons: 5.0 mi
  • Visayan Warty Hog: 5.0 mi
  • Sulawesi Babirusa: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 18
Museums: 15
Gardens: 9
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.4 mi
  • English Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Historic sites: 8
  • Andrew Jackson: 0.3 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 0.5 mi
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 1.2 mi
  • Grove Park Memorial: 6.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Pottsburg Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Sunowa Spring: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 10.2 mi
  • Indian Mound: 14.2 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaENE 63°15 m15.6 mi
Round TopNE 53°8 m10.2 mi
Indian MoundE 80°3 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:2619:5720:32
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:2016:5517:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566065717882848481746559
Precip in2.92.33.12.43.27.36.06.36.13.62.02.4

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

  • Common Yellowthroat247 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron156 obs
  • Brown Anole124 obs
  • Muscovy Duck81 obs
  • White Ibis58 obs
  • Little Blue Heron58 obs
  • Monarch52 obs
  • Ovenbird52 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/326826323

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