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Willie Mays Park

Willie Mays Park from directly overhead

Willie Mays Park is a park in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Prince Hall Park, a park 0.3 miles away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY passes 9.4 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
30 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Orlando
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates28.51779, -81.43771

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prince Hall Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roosevelt Martin Park: 2.0 mi
  • Times Square Park: 2.1 mi
  • Orlo Vista Park: 2.3 mi
  • Cypress Fairway Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Orlando Pottery Studio: 3.6 mi
  • Hogwarts Express Photo Op: 3.7 mi
  • Artifact: 3.8 mi
  • Tower of Light: 3.8 mi
  • Jeep Wrangler Photo Op: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 39
  • Sanlando Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Palm Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Ginger Ale Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Starbuck Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Miami Springs: 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 34
Gardens: 28
  • Lake Davis Greenwood Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Nehrling Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Miracle Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Virginia S Nelson Rose Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Tenser's Tortoise Trail: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Big Thunder Mountain: 11.2 mi
  • Mount Mayday: 11.9 mi
  • Mount Gushmore: 14.2 mi
  • Mount Everest: 14.2 mi
  • Hillard Island: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Baldwin Park Beach: 7.9 mi
  • The Sandbox: 9.3 mi
  • Conrad Beach: 9.3 mi
  • South Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Howling Dog Beach: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Silver Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 297°94 m20.1 mi
Mount EverestSW 219°60 m14.2 mi
Mount GushmoreSW 216°57 m14.2 mi
Big Thunder MountainSW 233°32 m11.2 mi
Mount MaydaySSW 208°29 m11.9 mi
Hillard IslandSSE 151°23.7 m15.4 mi
Dick IslandSSE 165°19.8 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0619:38
June solstice06:3019:5320:27
September equinox07:1518:5319:24
December solstice07:1516:5917:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626468737882848482766964
Precip in2.62.12.72.73.78.28.17.76.63.21.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando Executive AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown Anole41 obs
  • Muscovy Duck30 obs
  • White Ibis27 obs
  • Boat-tailed Grackle22 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk20 obs
  • American black elderberry17 obs
  • White Peacock16 obs
  • Spanish moss14 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 way/77069285

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