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Palma Ceia Spring

Palma Ceia Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Palma Ceia Spring is a spring in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fred Ball Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. COURTNEY CAMPBELL passes 4.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates27.92184, -82.48829
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fred Ball Park: 0.0 mi
  • Palma Ciea Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Bern's Park: 0.6 mi
  • Parkland Park: 0.9 mi
  • Anderson Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Trilogy: 1.4 mi
  • James McKay, Senior: 2.3 mi
  • Francisco Aristides Rodriquez, Junior: 2.3 mi
  • Moses White: 2.3 mi
  • Hugh Campbell Macfarlane: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • JFK Memorial Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Solstice: 2.5 mi
  • City of Tampa Mural: 2.8 mi
  • "Untitled": 3.0 mi
  • José Martí: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Royal Caribbean cruise port: 3.0 mi
  • Carnival cruise port: 3.2 mi
  • Margaritsville at Sea Port: 3.3 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 3.9 mi
  • Stingray Bay: 6.4 mi
Museums: 46
Nature reserves: 38
Beaches: 22
Springs: 17
  • Sulphur Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Blue Sink: 9.2 mi
  • Ewanowski Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Eureka Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Lettuce Lake Spring: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Clara Frye Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Monument Park: 4.1 mi
  • HCC Food Forest: 10.1 mi
  • USF Botanical Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Florida Natural Plants: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Ben T. Davis Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Dude Lake Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Gardens Park Picnic Table: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 16.5 mi
  • Sunset Hills: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundS 187°7 m16.5 mi
Sunset HillsNW 312°5 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3519:5620:30
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1817:0517:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626569748083848483777065
Precip in2.62.62.52.62.67.47.89.06.12.31.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tampa Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jun–Oct — fullest in Aug, leanest in Mar.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.44.83.44.86.316.023.525.619.312.46.36.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Henry Street Canal AT Benjamin Road Near Tampa FL, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown Anole117 obs
  • Anhinga42 obs
  • White beggarticks31 obs
  • White Ibis23 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron22 obs
  • Western Honey Bee21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3153753376

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