Melrose Heritage Park
Melrose Heritage Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 49 m. Garrison Hammock stands 25 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Fe Lake Park, a park 0.9 miles away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 12 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 49 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
- 21.1 mi off the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 22.6 mi off the JC PENNEY MEM HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 18 mi
- Observation Tower · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Santa Fe Lake Park: 0.9 mi
- Speedville Community Park: 4.2 mi
- Keystone Beach: 5.0 mi
- Keystone Beach: 5.0 mi
- Twin Lakes Park: 5.0 mi
- Ordway-Swisher Biological Station: 3.4 mi
- Ordway-Swisher Biological Station: 5.2 mi
- Austin Cary Memorial Forest: 10.2 mi
- Newnans Lake Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Gold Head Branch State Park: 10.5 mi
- Edgar Post Office: 9.8 mi
- City of Gainesville: 16.9 mi
- East Florida Seminary: 16.9 mi
- Spanish Cattle Ranching: 16.9 mi
- First Gainesville Skirmish: 16.9 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 16.9 mi
- Gator Ubiquity: 18.0 mi
- Albert A. Murphree: 18.1 mi
- Artistic Ball: 18.1 mi
- The Potato: 18.2 mi
- Magnesia Springs: 10.6 mi
- Lake Lowery East Spring: 11.3 mi
- Lake Lowry West Spring: 11.3 mi
- Lake Lowery North Spring: 11.8 mi
- Orange Spring: 15.1 mi
- McRorie Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- The Thomas Center Gardens: 16.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Garden: 16.9 mi
- Todd C. Prosser Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
- Todd C. Prosser Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
- Hawthorne Historical Museum and Culture Center: 8.7 mi
- Waldo Historical Railway Museum: 9.1 mi
- Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center: 16.6 mi
- Eugene l. Matthews historical museum: 16.6 mi
- Matheson History Museum: 16.8 mi
- Keystone Heights Moon Tree: 5.1 mi
- Gainesville Raceway: 14.1 mi
- Large Cypress Tree: 17.1 mi
- Century Tower: 18.2 mi
- Ring of Honor: 18.4 mi
- Garrison Hammock: 13.6 mi
- Little Garrison Hammock: 14.3 mi
- 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Melrose Heritage Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Hammock | SSW 206° | 25 m | 13.6 mi |
| Little Garrison Hammock | SSW 207° | 21 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville Rgnl AP, 14 mi away.
- Hentz Striped Scorpion21 obs
- Coyote19 obs
- Common Raccoon18 obs
- White-tailed Deer18 obs
- Wild Turkey17 obs
- Spanish moss17 obs
- Lone Star Tick17 obs
- Southern Toad16 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/470065629
Day trips start here
- Green Cove Springs · 29 mi
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