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Lem Merritt Park

Lem Merritt Park from directly overhead

Lem Merritt Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is John D Liverman Park, a park 0.9 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 14 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.31086, -81.74237

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John D Liverman Park: 0.9 mi
  • John D Liverman Park: 0.9 mi
  • Arques Park: 1.0 mi
  • Four Corners Park: 1.1 mi
  • Murray Drive Playground: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Emu: 8.4 mi
  • Save the Frogs: 8.5 mi
  • Lorikeet Aviary: 8.5 mi
  • Riverview Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • Capybara: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 18
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 10
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
  • Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 10.4 mi
  • Seaton Creek Preserve: 15.2 mi
  • Southern Property Preservation: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 9
  • English Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Italian Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Andrew Jackson: 5.0 mi
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 5.2 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 5.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Grove Park Memorial: 10.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Pottsburg Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Sunowa Spring: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 15.1 mi
  • Indian Mound: 19.4 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaENE 66°15 m20.6 mi
Round TopENE 60°8 m15.1 mi
Indian MoundENE 79°3 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2619:5720:33
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch44 obs
  • Brown Anole23 obs
  • Painted Bunting21 obs
  • Cuban Tree Frog15 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper13 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary12 obs
  • White beggarticks12 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/540049080

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