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Weeki Wachee Springs State Park

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Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Chinsegut Hill stands 82 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mermaid Lagoon, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. SUNCOAST SCENIC PKWY passes 5.8 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates28.51728, -82.57385

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Delta Woods Park: 2.5 mi
  • Delta Woods Park: 2.5 mi
  • Rogers Park Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Jenkins Creek Park: 3.8 mi
  • Jenkins Creek Park: 3.9 mi
Springs: 53
  • Weeki Wachee Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Little Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Salt Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Jenkins Creek Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Mud Spring: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Attractions: 12
  • Mermaid Lagoon: 0.0 mi
  • Wilderness River Cruise: 0.1 mi
  • Spring Hill Pink Dinosaur: 3.5 mi
  • Crews Lake lookout tower: 10.0 mi
  • Boyette Citrus and Attaction: 16.4 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Bailey Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Buzzards Roost: 12.7 mi
  • Witzka: 13.9 mi
  • Chinsegut Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Munden Hill: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Old Glory Plaque: 10.8 mi
  • F1RST Rubble Pile 1: 15.3 mi
  • F1RST Rubble Pile 2: 15.4 mi
  • Bill Duffner Memorial Gate: 22.1 mi
  • Horse Memorium: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 5
Museums: 4
  • 1885 Train Depot Museum: 11.6 mi
  • May-Stringer House: 12.0 mi
  • West Pasco Historical Society: 20.4 mi
  • Floral City Heritage Museum: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chinsegut HillENE 61°82 m14.5 mi
Munden HillE 83°80 m16.4 mi
Hickory HillE 97°73 m18.4 mi
Kirk HillENE 74°65 m16.8 mi
Bailey HillNE 45°64 m8.2 mi
Tucker HillENE 73°55 m17.6 mi
WitzkaN 3°7 m13.9 mi
Buzzards RoostSW 217°1 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3419:5720:32
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1917:0317:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606367727782838382756762

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

  • Indian Peafowl59 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper57 obs
  • Brown Anole55 obs
  • Little Blue Heron49 obs
  • Anhinga37 obs
  • American beautyberry26 obs
  • White Ibis24 obs
  • Great Egret23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1148344197

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