Gadsden County Rest Area
Gadsden County Rest Area is a rest area in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Sixteenth Hill stands 61 m to the north-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is King Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 22 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Florida Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY, National
133 named places within 25 miles
- Rosedale Park: 4.9 mi
- Rodden Berry City Park: 4.9 mi
- Palm Street Park: 5.0 mi
- Southside Park: 5.5 mi
- West Bank Overlook: 5.6 mi
- King Spring: 1.8 mi
- White Cave Spring: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Blue Spring Apalachicola: 1.9 mi
- Sinai Spring: 2.9 mi
- Hill Springs: 3.3 mi
- Lake Seminole Wildlife Management Area - River Junction: 9.2 mi
- Apalachee Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Lake Seminole Wildlife Management Area - Ranger Station: 11.1 mi
- Lake Seminole Wildlife Management Area - Ten Mile Still: 12.8 mi
- Pine Hill Plantation: 13.2 mi
- Caboose: 6.1 mi
- CSS Chattahoochee: 6.1 mi
- Tank: 6.3 mi
- Cannon: 12.9 mi
- Camp Recovery Historic Marker: 13.0 mi
- Greensboro Depot Railroad Museum: 9.6 mi
- Dezell House Museum: 9.7 mi
- Panhandle Pioneer Settlement: 15.9 mi
- Gadsden Arts Center & Museum: 19.0 mi
- Hickory Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sixteenth Hill: 8.4 mi
- Alum Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Rock Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Sugar Mill: 23.3 mi
- Caverns Visitors Center: 23.6 mi
- Cane Field: 23.3 mi
- CCC Worker: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gadsden County Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteenth Hill | NNW 341° | 61 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hickory Hill | WSW 256° | 40 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:11 | 19:46 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:06 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:34 | 16:07 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quincy 3 SSW, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Quincy · 18 mi
- Florida Panhandle · 22 mi
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