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Winthrop Common

Winthrop Common from directly overhead

Winthrop Common is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Lakeland Highlands stands 81 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Providence Skate Park, a park 0.3 miles away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 15 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Central civic square and park of Winthrop

What to expect

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Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.89243, -82.31478

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Providence Skate Park: 0.3 mi
  • Winthrop Meditation Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bloomingdale Hills Park: 0.4 mi
  • Providence West Park: 0.6 mi
  • J. C. Handly Sports Complex: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • iFly Tampa: 2.9 mi
  • Florida State Fairgrounds: 6.9 mi
  • Manatee Viewing Center: 8.7 mi
  • Manatee Viewing Center: 8.7 mi
  • Carnival cruise port: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 58
  • Brandon Family Cemetery: 3.7 mi
  • Sinkhole Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Crosses for the killed TPD officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab: 7.7 mi
  • Eureka Springs Park: 8.0 mi
  • 9/11 Fallen Heroes Memorial: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 47
Museums: 40
Nature reserves: 30
Springs: 27
  • Buckhorn West Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Buckhorn South Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Buckhorn East Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Green Sink Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Boyette Spring: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 17
Beaches: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dude Lake Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 16.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 19.1 mi
  • Lakeland Highlands: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lakeland HighlandsENE 79°81 m24.7 mi
Big Cockroach MoundSW 221°7 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3519:5520:29
September equinox07:1818:5619:27
December solstice07:1717:0417:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626569747982848482776965
Precip in3.02.32.82.94.09.78.68.97.02.61.82.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plant City, 14 mi away.

  • Brown Anole53 obs
  • Cuban Tree Frog32 obs
  • Sandhill Crane25 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk24 obs
  • Spanish moss22 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper22 obs
  • White beggarticks22 obs
  • White Ibis19 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/680221749

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