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Nassau River-St Johns River Marshes State Aquatic Preserve

Nassau River-St Johns River Marshes State Aquatic Preserve from directly overhead

Nassau River-St Johns River Marshes State Aquatic Preserve is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 1.9 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 4.3 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

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Coordinates30.43885, -81.50231
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palms Fish Camp: 2.5 mi
  • Fulton Road Landing: 3.4 mi
  • Ribault Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Fort Caroline National Memorial: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 48
Artworks: 19
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 13
  • Grove Park Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 11.4 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 12.1 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 12.2 mi
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 9
  • Kingsley Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Betz-Tiger Point Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Seaton Creek Preserve: 11.5 mi
  • Cradle Creek Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Pablo Creek Perserve: 14.4 mi
  • Fort Clinch State Park: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 5
Springs: 5
  • Pottsburg Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Sunowa Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 23.9 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Round Top: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 4.5 mi
  • Indian Mound: 6.9 mi
  • McClure Hill: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nassau River-St Johns River Marshes State Aquatic Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaE 96°15 m4.5 mi
McClure HillN 11°10 m17.1 mi
Round TopSW 220°8 m1.9 mi
Indian MoundSE 137°3 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0619:38
June solstice06:2519:5720:32
September equinox07:1518:5219:24
December solstice07:2016:5417:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555863697580838280736558
Precip in2.92.63.12.53.06.65.46.06.45.02.32.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayport Pilot STN, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gopher Tortoise26 obs
  • spurge nettle8 obs
  • Evans' Deer Moss8 obs
  • saw palmetto7 obs
  • american witch-hazel6 obs
  • sparkleberry6 obs
  • southern magnolia6 obs
  • netted chain fern5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358738192

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