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Thomas Jefferson Playground

Thomas Jefferson Playground from directly overhead

Thomas Jefferson Playground is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Jefferson Park, a park 0.1 miles away. WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL passes 16 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
21 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.32742, -81.78818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thomas Jefferson Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fouraker Park: 1.9 mi
  • Arques Park: 2.1 mi
  • John D Liverman Park: 2.4 mi
  • John D Liverman Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Emu: 9.9 mi
  • Lorikeet Aviary: 9.9 mi
  • Save the Frogs: 9.9 mi
  • Capybara: 9.9 mi
  • Giant Anteater: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 16
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 10
  • Branan Field Wildlife and Environmental Area: 9.7 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 9.9 mi
  • Crosby Sanctuary: 10.3 mi
  • Seaton Creek Preserve: 15.2 mi
  • Southern Property Preservation: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 8
  • English Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Italian Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Upper Olmsted Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Lower Olmsted Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Asian Bamboo Garden: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Andrew Jackson: 7.7 mi
  • Soldiers of the American Revolution Associated with Jacksonville History: 7.9 mi
  • Market Street Horror: 7.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 8.8 mi
  • Grove Park Memorial: 13.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Sunowa Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Wadesboro Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Ww Gay 1 Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Ww Gay 2 Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Pottsburg Spring: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 17.0 mi
  • Indian Mound: 21.9 mi
  • Mount Cornelia: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CorneliaENE 71°15 m22.7 mi
Round TopENE 68°8 m17.0 mi
Indian MoundE 83°3 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2719:5820:33
September equinox07:1618:5419:25
December solstice07:2016:5517:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762677479828279706156
Precip in3.22.83.32.63.08.15.47.46.54.61.32.6

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch24 obs
  • Painted Bunting23 obs
  • American beautyberry10 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing9 obs
  • Brown Anole9 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk8 obs
  • American black elderberry8 obs
  • Coralberry8 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/358722202

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