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Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve

Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve from directly overhead

Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bull Hill stands 4 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Klondike Beach, a beach 3.4 miles away. INDIAN RIVER LAGOON passes 1.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates28.79193, -80.77061

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Manatee Observation Platform: 3.9 mi
  • Scottsmoor Landing: 4.8 mi
  • Seminole Rest: 6.7 mi
  • K.T. Chung Park: 6.9 mi
  • Nancy Cummings Park: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Brevard County: 6.8 mi
  • Gemini Monument: 12.4 mi
  • Apollo Monument: 12.5 mi
  • In the Line of Duty Monument: 12.5 mi
  • Space Shuttle Monument: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 22
Museums: 18
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 10
  • Bull Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Buzzard Roost: 17.1 mi
  • Palmer-Taylor Mound: 17.3 mi
  • Noah Mound: 17.5 mi
  • Heiffer Mound: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • The Downtown Gallery: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Nature Playground Garden: 19.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Heath Spring: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull HillNW 323°4 m6.8 mi
Buck Point MoundWSW 238°3 m18.1 mi
Saddle MoundSW 232°3 m18.3 mi
Moccasin MoundSW 233°3 m18.5 mi
Paw Paw MoundSSW 203°3 m20.4 mi
Buzzard RoostWSW 246°2 m17.1 mi
Palmer-Taylor MoundWSW 248°2 m17.3 mi
Heiffer MoundSW 232°2 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0419:35
June solstice06:2619:5020:25
September equinox07:1218:5019:21
December solstice07:1316:5617:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596265707580828280756862
Precip in2.92.63.42.54.38.16.87.77.54.72.52.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, 8 mi away.

  • Florida Scrub-Jay81 obs
  • West Indian Manatee30 obs
  • Brown Anole25 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise23 obs
  • Sanderling21 obs
  • Ruddy Turnstone21 obs
  • Brown Pelican15 obs
  • Black-bellied Plover15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358734458

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