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Sand Key Park

Sand Key Park from directly overhead

Sand Key Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sunset Hills stands 5 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Clearwater Beach Park, a park 1.1 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 7.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates27.95972, -82.82745

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 40
  • Clearwater Historical Society Museum and Cultural Center: 1.6 mi
  • The Collection On Palmetto Foundation: 4.9 mi
  • Indian Rocks Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Palm Harbor Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Safety Harbor Museum & Cultural Center: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 25
Beaches: 21
Nature reserves: 20
  • Gladys E. Douglas Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Canal Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
  • Anderson Park: 13.0 mi
  • Town-n-Country Preserve: 14.4 mi
  • Placido Bayou Reserves West: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 13
Springs: 9
  • Sage Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Health Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Palma Ceia Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Ewanowski Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Blue Sink: 23.2 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sunset Hills: 13.9 mi
  • The Union: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 15.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunset HillsNNE 11°5 m13.9 mi
The UnionN 8°1 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3619:5720:31
September equinox07:2118:5819:29
December solstice07:1917:0617:41

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, 9 mi away.

  • Laughing Gull555 obs
  • Brown Pelican356 obs
  • Pinfish180 obs
  • Great Egret179 obs
  • Boat-tailed Grackle150 obs
  • Royal Tern130 obs
  • Fighting Conch123 obs
  • Great Blue Heron121 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 way/165303856

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