Mission San Luis de Apalachee
Mission San Luis de Apalachee is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Calico Hill stands 11 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission San Luis, a museum 0.1 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 2.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Friends of Mission San Luis, Incorporated
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
Named places within 25 miles
- San Luis Mission Park: 0.6 mi
- Lichgate: 0.8 mi
- John G Riley Park: 0.9 mi
- Palmer Munroe Teen Center: 1.0 mi
- James Messer Fields North: 1.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.8 mi
- Double Springs: 13.9 mi
- Horn Spring: 14.5 mi
- Rhodes Spring 2: 14.8 mi
- Mcbride Slough Spring: 14.8 mi
- Blockhouse: 0.2 mi
- Lancy Amelie Gray: 0.6 mi
- Francisco "Frank" Arroyo: 0.7 mi
- Mrs. Glenn Terrell Plaque: 0.7 mi
- Park Dedication Plaque: 0.7 mi
- Celebration: 1.2 mi
- Rollycoaster: 1.2 mi
- Unconquered Statue: 1.3 mi
- Declaration: 1.6 mi
- Claude Pepper (1900 - 1989): 1.7 mi
- Anita Davis Preserve at Henrietta Lake Park: 3.3 mi
- Silver Lake Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park: 6.4 mi
- Talquin WMA: 7.0 mi
- Fort Braden Trails: 10.3 mi
- Mission San Luis: 0.1 mi
- San Luis Mission Museum: 0.1 mi
- FSU Museum of Fine Arts: 1.8 mi
- R.A. Gray Florida History Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Grove Museum: 2.2 mi
- Seminole Organic Garden: 1.3 mi
- Dent Street Diggers Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ripe City Urban Farm: 2.0 mi
- Plantasia: 2.1 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Future Buc-ee's: 3.5 mi
- Observation Deck: 23.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Rock Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Sawdust Mountain: 20.6 mi
- Calico Hill: 22.4 mi
- Abandoned Elks Lodge Picnic Park: 3.4 mi
- Leon County Rest Area Eastbound: 4.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mission San Luis de Apalachee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calico Hill | ESE 117° | 11 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:17 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:04 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tallahassee, 4 mi away.
- Brown Anole478 obs
- Green Anole327 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel275 obs
- Northern Mockingbird205 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle204 obs
- Northern Cardinal176 obs
- White beggarticks171 obs
- Canada Goose160 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/224193951
Day trips start here
- Tallahassee · 4 mi
- Quincy · 18 mi
- Apalachicola National Forest · 25 mi
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