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Sweetwater Park

Sweetwater Park from directly overhead

Sweetwater Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Melvin Park, a park 0.7 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 12 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates30.26621, -81.76484

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Melvin Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gregory Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wiley Road Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Hyde Grove Elementary Park: 1.0 mi
  • Star Leaf Parkk: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Emu: 11.7 mi
  • Save the Frogs: 11.7 mi
  • Riverview Gardens: 11.7 mi
  • Lorikeet Aviary: 11.7 mi
  • Giant River Otters: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Mary, Queen of Heaven: 5.4 mi
  • The Crucifixion: 5.4 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 5.4 mi
  • Life: 5.9 mi
  • Coming Home: 6.8 mi
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 11
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
  • Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 7.3 mi
  • Southern Property Preservation: 14.1 mi
  • Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 9
  • English Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Italian Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 7.5 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 7.5 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 7.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Grove Park Memorial: 11.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Wadesboro Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Pottsburg Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Sunowa Spring: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 17.9 mi
  • Indian Mound: 21.5 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaENE 60°15 m23.2 mi
Round TopNE 54°8 m17.9 mi
Indian MoundENE 71°3 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2719:5720:33
September equinox07:1618:5419:25
December solstice07:2016:5517:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566065717882848481746559
Precip in2.92.33.12.43.27.36.06.36.13.62.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville NAS, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch35 obs
  • Painted Bunting30 obs
  • Brown Anole18 obs
  • Northern Cardinal16 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole15 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker14 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary14 obs
  • Mourning Dove13 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 way/548481925

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