Lafayette Park
Lafayette Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 56 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Grove, a park 0.4 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 4.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Tallahassee
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Grove: 0.4 mi
- Ninth and Terrace Park: 0.5 mi
- Los Robles Park: 0.6 mi
- Fred O. Drake Park at Lake Ella: 0.6 mi
- Cordell park: 0.7 mi
- Horn Spring: 12.7 mi
- Rhodes Spring 2: 13.4 mi
- Rhodes Spring 4: 13.6 mi
- Rhodes Spring 1: 13.7 mi
- Bird Sink: 13.7 mi
- Tallahassee's May Oak: 0.8 mi
- Leon County's American Revolutionary War Soldiers: 0.8 mi
- John G. Riley House: 0.9 mi
- Enduring Spirit: 1.0 mi
- Community Spirit: 1.0 mi
- Library Live Oak: 0.9 mi
- Officer Down: 1.1 mi
- Stormsong: 1.1 mi
- Florida's Nature: 1.2 mi
- Claude Pepper (1900 - 1989): 1.2 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 3.9 mi
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park: 5.2 mi
- Silver Lake Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area: 9.4 mi
- Talquin WMA: 9.6 mi
- The Grove Museum: 0.4 mi
- Knott House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Goodwood Museum and Gardens: 1.0 mi
- The Union Bank: 1.1 mi
- FSU Museum of Fine Arts: 1.1 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ripe City Urban Farm: 0.7 mi
- Dent Street Diggers Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- 4-H Vegetable Garden: 1.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 1.0 mi
- Calico Hill: 20.2 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 20.4 mi
- Sand Hills: 24.5 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 5.7 mi
- Observation Deck: 22.2 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 0.9 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calico Hill | ESE 121° | 11 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sand Hills | SSE 149° | 3 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
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 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee, 5 mi away.
- Brown Anole417 obs
- Muscovy Duck397 obs
- Canada Goose371 obs
- Mallard358 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel301 obs
- Green Anole255 obs
- Northern Mockingbird221 obs
- Northern Cardinal215 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/171167195
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 1 mi
- Quincy · 21 mi
- Apalachicola National Forest · 28 mi
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