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Philippe Park

Philippe Park from directly overhead

Philippe Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Odet Philippe's Marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 3.1 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.00809, -82.67970
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Marshall Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mullet Creek Nature Park: 1.0 mi
  • North City Park: 1.1 mi
  • Blue Springs Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mobbly Beach Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Museums: 41
  • Safety Harbor Museum & Cultural Center: 1.5 mi
  • The Collection On Palmetto Foundation: 4.8 mi
  • Palm Harbor Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Freedom Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Clearwater Historical Society Museum and Cultural Center: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 33
  • Canal Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Town-n-Country Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Gladys E. Douglas Preserve: 4.9 mi
  • Old Memorial Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
  • Anderson Park: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 17
  • Sage Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Health Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Ewanowski Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Blue Sink: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 16
Peaks: 3
  • Sunset Hills: 12.0 mi
  • The Union: 14.3 mi
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundSSE 157°7 m24.3 mi
Sunset HillsNNW 329°5 m12.0 mi
The UnionNNW 332°1 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1219:42
June solstice06:3619:5720:31
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:1917:0517:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882838482776964
Precip in2.62.42.42.62.78.99.78.86.42.51.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Petersburg Clearwater Intl, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown Anole78 obs
  • Little Blue Heron71 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron55 obs
  • White Ibis51 obs
  • White beggarticks47 obs
  • Spotted Sandpiper45 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
  • red mangrove37 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/62251360

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