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Tom's Park

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Tom's Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Garrison Hammock stands 25 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lamb Park, a park 0.9 miles away. FLORIDA BLACK BEAR passes 5.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.21062, -82.13998

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lamb Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ocala Wetland Recharge Park: 1.2 mi
  • Northside Park: 1.3 mi
  • Northside Park: 1.3 mi
  • Downtown Art Park: 1.3 mi
Springs: 53
  • Silver Springs Main: 5.3 mi
  • Jacobs Well Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Reception Hall Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Silver Spring 1: 5.4 mi
  • Silver Spring 2: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 22
  • Silver Springs Sandhill: 4.5 mi
  • Silver Springs Conservation Area: 5.0 mi
  • Silver Springs Forest Conservation Area: 7.7 mi
  • Ross Prairie State Forest: 15.6 mi
  • Quail Roost Conservation Easement: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Santos Trailhead: 7.8 mi
  • Vortex Pit: 8.5 mi
  • Orange Creek Restoration Area: 15.9 mi
  • The Villages: 19.7 mi
  • Rainbow Springs State Park Tube Rentals: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Patriot Horse: 3.7 mi
  • Futura Fury Horse: 3.8 mi
  • Robert Wormser Memorial Sculpture: 4.0 mi
  • Bounceback Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Osceola: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Fort King Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Cedar Lakes Woods and Garden Nature Reserve Area: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Little Garrison Hammock: 21.7 mi
  • Garrison Hammock: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garrison HammockN 359°25 m22.2 mi
Little Garrison HammockN 357°21 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0919:40
June solstice06:3119:5720:32
September equinox07:1818:5519:27
December solstice07:1917:0017:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586165717681828280746560
Precip in3.42.93.72.23.57.46.97.16.53.22.12.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocala, 5 mi away.

  • White Ibis69 obs
  • Little Blue Heron68 obs
  • Great Egret61 obs
  • Common Gallinule60 obs
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck59 obs
  • Wood Stork51 obs
  • Muscovy Duck50 obs
  • Brown Anole47 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/462343733

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