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Turkey Creek Park - South

Turkey Creek Park - South from directly overhead

Turkey Creek Park - South is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Sandy Mountain stands 90 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiwanis Park, a park 0.1 miles away. SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-A passes 17 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.52373, -86.49874

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.1 mi
  • Turkey Creek Park: 0.3 mi
  • Doolittle Park: 0.5 mi
  • Turkey Creek Boardwalk: 0.6 mi
  • Turkey Creek Park - North: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • Colonel Hart Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Osprey CV-22 Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • Operation Assured Response: 14.2 mi
  • Combat Talon: 14.2 mi
  • Operation Uphold Democracy: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 30
  • F-15 Nomad: 4.3 mi
  • RF-4C Phantom II: 5.4 mi
  • F-111E Aardvark: 5.4 mi
  • A-10A Thunderbolt II: 5.4 mi
  • F-16 Falcon: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 7
Peaks: 5
  • Sandy Mountain: 16.0 mi
  • Topsail Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Scrub Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Rock Hill: 24.0 mi
  • Fox Hill: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Springs: 3
  • Eglin Blue Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Euchee Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Ecuchee Spring: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Princess Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Public Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Navarre Beach: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park: 4.4 mi
  • Veterans Park Rookery: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Boiling Creek Bridge: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandy MountainNE 53°90 m16.0 mi
Fox HillNNE 31°84 m24.3 mi
Rock HillENE 77°62 m24.0 mi
Scrub HillE 81°44 m21.4 mi
Topsail HillSE 132°3 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2618:58
June solstice05:4519:1719:52
September equinox06:3518:1218:44
December solstice06:4016:1416:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505358657279818177685852
Precip in5.95.35.46.03.86.88.99.27.04.65.05.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niceville, under a mile away.

  • Golden Club69 obs
  • Green Anole47 obs
  • Pond Slider44 obs
  • Buckwheat tree36 obs
  • Great Blue Heron34 obs
  • Golden Silk Spider33 obs
  • Brown Anole30 obs
  • Variable Dancer29 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/348338913

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