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Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park from directly overhead

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Sandy Mountain stands 90 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Topsail Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-A passes 0.8 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.36930, -86.28739

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dune Allen Regional Beach Access: 2.2 mi
  • Helen McCall Park: 3.0 mi
  • Driftwood Park: 3.2 mi
  • Ed Walline Public Beach Access: 3.8 mi
  • Lion Park: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • Sea Cliffs Townhomes: 5.4 mi
  • Osprey CV-22 Memorial: 24.3 mi
  • Colonel Hart Memorial: 24.5 mi
  • Combat Talon: 24.8 mi
  • Hmong Special Guerilla Unitsm: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Dockside Watersports: 12.9 mi
  • F-15 Nomad: 16.6 mi
  • F-86 Sabre: 17.6 mi
  • RB-47H Stratojet: 17.6 mi
  • F-89J Scorpion: 17.6 mi
Museums: 6
Peaks: 5
  • Topsail Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Scrub Hill: 16.5 mi
  • Rock Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Sandy Mountain: 20.3 mi
  • Dykes Hill: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Public Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Seacrest Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Princess Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Alys Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Eastern Green Beach: 17.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park: 12.3 mi
  • E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center: 15.7 mi
  • Veterans Park Rookery: 18.3 mi
  • Pine Log State Forest: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Eglin Blue Spring: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandy MountainN 1°90 m20.3 mi
Rock HillNE 34°62 m19.3 mi
Dykes HillNE 49°56 m24.6 mi
Scrub HillNNE 31°44 m16.5 mi
Topsail HillWSW 249°3 m0.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:57
June solstice05:4419:1619:51
September equinox06:3418:1218:43
December solstice06:3916:1316:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762687682848381726357
Precip in4.55.04.74.63.24.75.86.15.22.84.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Destin FT Walton Beach AP, 11 mi away.

  • Evans' Deer Moss83 obs
  • False Rosemary78 obs
  • Pink Sundew72 obs
  • White-tailed Deer71 obs
  • Sanderling69 obs
  • Gulf Coast Lupine64 obs
  • saw palmetto63 obs
  • southern magnolia61 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/373164997

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