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Lake Claire Recreational Area

Lake Claire Recreational Area from directly overhead

Lake Claire Recreational Area is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. Hillard Island stands 24 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Art Park, a park 0.3 miles away. RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR passes 13 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
20 m

How to reach it

Coordinates28.60710, -81.20330

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Art Park: 0.3 mi
  • Chemistry Park: 0.5 mi
  • Northgate Lakes Dog Park: 0.7 mi
  • Recreation & Wellness Center Park: 0.9 mi
  • West Hampton Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 44
Springs: 38
  • Clifton Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Lake Jesup Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Susan Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Stephan Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Heath Spring: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • Veterans' Commemorative Site: 0.3 mi
  • Pegasus Statue: 0.3 mi
  • "Reach For the Stars" - Charles Millican Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Pulse Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Winter Springs Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Gardens: 20
  • BHC Meditation Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Community Farm and Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Lukas Nursery Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Virginia S Nelson Rose Garden: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Buck Point Mound: 11.4 mi
  • Moccasin Mound: 11.6 mi
  • Noah Mound: 11.8 mi
  • Saddle Mound: 11.9 mi
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Lake Baldwin Park Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 23.9 mi
  • The Sandbox: 24.0 mi
  • South Beach: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hillard IslandSSW 199°23.7 m20.8 mi
Buck Point MoundENE 74°3 m11.4 mi
Moccasin MoundE 82°3 m11.6 mi
Saddle MoundE 82°3 m11.9 mi
Paw Paw MoundESE 108°3 m19.1 mi
Palmer-Taylor MoundENE 58°2 m12.0 mi
Buzzard RoostENE 61°2 m12.1 mi
Heiffer MoundE 82°2 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0519:37
June solstice06:2819:5220:26
September equinox07:1418:5219:23
December solstice07:1416:5817:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882848482766964
Precip in2.62.12.72.73.78.28.17.76.63.21.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando Executive AP, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4,581 obs
  • Brown Anole4,537 obs
  • White beggarticks2,863 obs
  • White Ibis1,747 obs
  • American beautyberry1,251 obs
  • firewheel1,136 obs
  • Little Blue Heron1,112 obs
  • longleaf pine1,056 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 node/358756668

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