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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Life, a artwork 0.1 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 13 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates30.31075, -81.67964

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
  • John Murray Forbes Park: 0.6 mi
  • Powell Place Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cherry Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jim Rink Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Riverview Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • Save the Frogs: 6.5 mi
  • Hornbill Aviary: 6.5 mi
  • Emu: 6.5 mi
  • Komodo Dragons: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 18
Museums: 15
Gardens: 9
  • English Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Italian Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 9.9 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 10.0 mi
  • Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 13.3 mi
  • Pablo Creek Perserve: 14.1 mi
  • Seaton Creek Preserve: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 1.5 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 1.6 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.5 mi
  • Grove Park Memorial: 6.7 mi
Springs: 7
  • Pottsburg Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Sunowa Spring: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 12.0 mi
  • Indian Mound: 15.7 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 17.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaENE 61°15 m17.3 mi
Round TopNE 52°8 m12.0 mi
Indian MoundENE 76°3 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:39
June solstice06:2619:5720:32
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Yellowthroat205 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron152 obs
  • Brown Anole124 obs
  • Muscovy Duck89 obs
  • Monarch54 obs
  • White Ibis50 obs
  • Little Blue Heron46 obs
  • Great Egret46 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/120854171

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