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Gadsden County Rest Area

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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

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How to reach it

Coordinates30.62639, -84.89208

133 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • 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
Springs: 40
  • 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
Nature reserves: 24
  • 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
Historic sites: 11
  • Caboose: 6.1 mi
  • CSS Chattahoochee: 6.1 mi
  • Tank: 6.3 mi
  • Cannon: 12.9 mi
  • Camp Recovery Historic Marker: 13.0 mi
Museums: 4
  • 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
Peaks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Sugar Mill: 23.3 mi
  • Caverns Visitors Center: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cane Field: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sixteenth HillNNW 341°61 m8.4 mi
Hickory HillWSW 256°40 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:2018:51
June solstice05:3819:1119:46
September equinox06:2918:0618:38
December solstice06:3416:0716:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525460667479828178696054
Precip in4.84.65.23.94.56.37.06.06.13.93.63.9

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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