John Gorrie Museum State Park
John Gorrie Museum State Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gorrie Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY runs past it. 72 named places lie within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Florida State Parks
How to reach it
- On the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sand Beach · 6 mi
- Dwarf Cypress · 14 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- Battery Park: 0.3 mi
- Riveside Park: 0.3 mi
- Bay Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
- Orman House Historic State Park: 0.4 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 0.5 mi
- John Gorrie: 0.0 mi
- Willoughby Ryan Marks: 0.2 mi
- Sponge Exchange: 0.2 mi
- Fishing Boat: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Gorrie Museum: 0.0 mi
- Apalachicola Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Apalachicola Maritime Museum: 0.3 mi
- Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- Camp Gordon Johnston Museum: 18.9 mi
- Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area: 4.3 mi
- Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- Little Saint George Island (ANERR): 7.8 mi
- Apalachicola Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: 8.9 mi
- Tate's Hell Wildlife Management Area: 21.7 mi
- Old Womans Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Royal Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Warrens Bluff: 20.2 mi
- The Kink: 21.3 mi
- Saw Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Nick's Hole: 7.1 mi
- Tully Park: 7.1 mi
- Doyle's Creek: 8.6 mi
- Shelter 20: 14.8 mi
- Raney House: 0.2 mi
- Journeys of Saint George Island: 8.6 mi
- Oyster Boat: 13.2 mi
- Sand Beach: 7.0 mi
- Money Beach: 18.0 mi
- Carabelle Beach: 19.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 0.4 mi
- Cactus Garden: 0.5 mi
- Eagle: 0.5 mi
- Mermaid: 0.6 mi
- Tilton: 5.9 mi
- St. Joseph: 22.6 mi
- Sugar Hill: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Gorrie Museum State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Hill | E 90° | 6 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:20 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:41 | 20:09 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 17:10 | 17:46 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 80 | 72 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apalachicola AP, 2 mi away.
- Monarch54 obs
- Brown Pelican48 obs
- Laughing Gull48 obs
- Brown Anole43 obs
- Boat-tailed Grackle42 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper40 obs
- Green Anole27 obs
- White beggarticks24 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/331858588
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