Official Florida Welcome Center
Official Florida Welcome Center is a rest area in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Scrubby Bluff, a cliff 3.7 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 13 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Florida Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the A1A Ocean Islands Trail (Obs)
Named places within 25 miles
- Waterbug Park: 4.9 mi
- Four O'Clock Park: 5.2 mi
- Coin Toss Park: 5.4 mi
- Ponder Park: 5.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 5.4 mi
- Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
- USS George Bancroft: 8.4 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery: 18.4 mi
- Reptile of the Seronera: 20.3 mi
- Stingray Bay: 20.3 mi
- Scrubby Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Little Griffin Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Griffin Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Reids Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Roses Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 4.2 mi
- Tabby Ruins: 8.9 mi
- Fort Clinch: 13.3 mi
- Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 13.3 mi
- Fernandina Beach Veterans Memorial Plaza: 13.3 mi
- St Marys Submarine Museum: 7.8 mi
- Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum: 12.8 mi
- Ice House Museum: 12.8 mi
- Amelia Island Museum of History: 12.9 mi
- Fort Clinch Museum: 13.3 mi
- Arts Are Alive Project: 12.8 mi
- Aligator statue: 20.4 mi
- Gorilla Statue: 20.4 mi
- Elephant Pair: 20.5 mi
- Zuko: 20.6 mi
- DWVP: 11.5 mi
- Seaton Creek Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Fort Clinch State Park: 14.2 mi
- Cumberland Island National Seashore: 15.6 mi
- Ceylon Wildlife Management Area: 17.8 mi
- Storm Hill: 8.3 mi
- London Hill: 11.7 mi
- McClure Hill: 13.6 mi
- Round Top: 21.4 mi
- Mount Cornelia: 23.7 mi
- Sea Camp Beach: 13.6 mi
- Fernandina Beach: 14.6 mi
- Bone Yard Beach: 19.2 mi
- Marker Post: 20.5 mi
- Asian Bamboo Garden: 20.7 mi
- Kingsley Garden: 22.8 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 4.3 mi
- Centerville: 20.0 mi
- Sunowa Spring: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Official Florida Welcome Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cornelia | SE 141° | 15 m | 23.7 mi |
| Storm Hill | NNW 348° | 14 m | 8.3 mi |
| McClure Hill | E 94° | 10 m | 13.6 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 154° | 8 m | 21.4 mi |
| London Hill | NNE 21° | 7 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:54 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fernandina Beach, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/661040199
Day trips start here
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve · 22 mi
- Jacksonville · 25 mi
- Mayport · 27 mi
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