Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area
Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Shell Mound stands 2 m to the southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Glen Springs, a spring 0.1 miles away. FLORIDA BLACK BEAR runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- On the FLORIDA BLACK BEAR, National
- 10.2 mi off the RIV OF LKS HRTG CORR, National
- 18.5 mi off the HRTG CROSSROADS HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Giant Cypress · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Juniper Springs Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Shell Harbor Park & Boat Launch: 6.9 mi
- Beakman Lake Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Astor Recreation Park: 9.1 mi
- Farles Prairie Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Silver Glen Springs: 0.1 mi
- Silver Glen Springs Natural Well: 0.1 mi
- Center Run Spring #1: 0.3 mi
- NO WADING SPRING: 0.3 mi
- Center Run Spring #2: 0.3 mi
- Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refugee: 18.2 mi
- Ellis Acres Reserve: 18.4 mi
- Sunnyhill Conservation Area - North Tract: 19.0 mi
- Holman Conservation Easement: 20.3 mi
- Sunnyhill Restoration Area - West Tract: 20.5 mi
- Tipisa Lodge OA Museum: 21.4 mi
- Greater Umatilla Historical: 22.0 mi
- Silver River Museum and Environmental Education Center: 23.8 mi
- DeLand Memorial Museum: 24.7 mi
- Morrison Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Bowers Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Sunday Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Chuck Lennon Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Time Capsule: 23.8 mi
- Rock: 19.2 mi
- Osceola: 24.8 mi
- Harmony Gardens Tropical Wedding Garden: 19.4 mi
- Bride's Garden: 19.4 mi
- Hampton Beach: 22.1 mi
- Eatons Beach: 24.9 mi
- Shell Mound: 7.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Mound | SE 125° | 2 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:55 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 80 | 74 | 66 | 60 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crescent City, 15 mi away.
- Florida Scrub-Jay66 obs
- Black Vulture35 obs
- Silk Bay33 obs
- Southern Two-striped Walkingstick22 obs
- sand live oak21 obs
- Eastern Towhee19 obs
- Golden Silk Spider19 obs
- sand pine18 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358745519
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