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MacFarlane Park

MacFarlane Park from directly overhead

MacFarlane Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is West Tampa Little League, a park 0.2 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 3.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.95797, -82.49529

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Tampa Little League: 0.2 mi
  • Vila Brothers Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rey Park: 0.8 mi
  • Drew Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Jim Walters Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Trilogy: 1.2 mi
  • Mack Ramsey Winton, M.D.: 1.9 mi
  • Ignacio Haya: 1.9 mi
  • Ossian Bingley Hart: 1.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Dortsch Barnard: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Pirate Ship: 1.4 mi
  • Royal Caribbean cruise port: 3.2 mi
  • Margaritsville at Sea Port: 3.2 mi
  • Carnival cruise port: 3.2 mi
  • Manatee Hospital: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 40
Springs: 29
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Blue Sink: 6.9 mi
  • Ewanowski Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Eureka Spring: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 20
Gardens: 17
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Dude Lake Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 22.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 18.9 mi
  • Sunset Hills: 22.3 mi
  • The Union: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundS 185°7 m18.9 mi
Sunset HillsNW 308°5 m22.3 mi
The UnionNW 312°1 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3519:5620:30
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1817:0517:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626569748083848483777065
Precip in2.62.62.52.62.67.47.89.06.12.31.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • Brown Anole123 obs
  • White beggarticks63 obs
  • Muscovy Duck52 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper38 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • White Ibis25 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird25 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary24 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/218731086

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