Rest area · Florida
Joseph O. Striska Official Florida Welcome Center
Joseph O. Striska Official Florida Welcome Center is a rest area in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. The nearest named place is Georgia Visitor Information Center, a rest area 5.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Florida Department of Transportation
How to reach it
Coordinates30.61298, -83.14623
Named places within 25 miles
Springs
- Rosseter Spring: 7.8 mi
- Madison Blue Spring: 10.9 mi
- Tanner Spring: 11.1 mi
- Pot Spring: 11.1 mi
- Ham612982 Spring: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 59
- Bonzai Pipelines: 12.6 mi
- Black Bear: 12.6 mi
- Wahee Cyclone: 12.6 mi
- Two Toed Sloth: 12.6 mi
- Kalani Blsaters: 12.6 mi
Parks: 46
- Oris Blackburn Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
- Madison Blue Springs State Park: 11.0 mi
- Gibson County Park: 12.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 12.7 mi
- Buddy Parker Park: 13.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
- In Memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 16.6 mi
- Birth: 16.6 mi
- Civil Rights Movement: 16.6 mi
- Early Life: 16.6 mi
- Civil Rights Movement: 16.6 mi
Artworks: 16
- Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit: 17.0 mi
- Civil Rights Mural: 17.0 mi
- Unarranged Flowers: Where is Mack Now That We Need Him?: 17.0 mi
- River of Life in the Azalea City: 17.0 mi
- Attainable: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 5.1 mi
- Madison County Rest Area Westbound: 17.9 mi
- Madison County Rest Area Eastbound: 18.0 mi
- I-75 Northbound Weigh Station: 24.8 mi
- I-75 Southbound Weigh Station: 24.8 mi
Museums: 3
- Dasher Museum: 10.4 mi
- Lowndes County Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Treasures of Madison County Museum: 18.7 mi
Gardens: 2
- The Urban Garden: 17.0 mi
- Valdosta Garden Center: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Godwin Bluff: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Woods Ferry: 24.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:13 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:04 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Aug–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jasper, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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