West Park, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for West Park, Alachua County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near West Park. Tide source:
Flight conditions near West Park. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Park.
West Park unfolds as a quiet corner of Alachua County, where the land sighs with the gentle incline of its terrain, a subtle topography that hints at the slow, patient work of water and time. It lies 4.8 miles west-north-west of Gainesville, FL (from Gainesville, FL: bearing 284°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-south-east of Alachua. Here, the air carries the humid breath of the South, thick with the scent of pine needles and the distant, earthy perfume of damp soil after a rain. Live oaks, gnarled and draped with Spanish moss, stand as ancient sentinels, their branches reaching out like arthritic fingers against the vast, often brilliant blue sky. The landscape is a mosaic of sun-drenched pastures, where cattle graze with a placid indifference, and pockets of dense woodland, their shadows offering a cool, green respite. Even the light seems to linger here, softening at dusk into a golden haze that bathes the modest homes and quiet roads in a tranquil glow. The history of West Park is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring agricultural pulse that has long defined this stretch of North Florida. For generations, the fertile earth here has yielded crops, a steady, unhurried economy built on the bounty of the land, with a particular affinity for the cultivation of certain fruits and vegetables that thrive in the region's climate. While larger towns might boast bustling commercial centers, West Park’s distinctiveness lies in its more intimate scale, a place where the local cooperative or the roadside stand often serves as the heart of commerce. This is a locality where the pace of life is measured by the changing seasons and the predictable rhythm of the agricultural calendar, a place that retains a tangible connection to the simpler, more grounded ways of its past.
Live animated radar for West Park and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | West Park, Alachua County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29.6683°N, 82.401774°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32605, 33614, 33023 |
| Area Code | 407, 321, 305, 786 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Park, Florida, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for West Park includes coordinates 29.668300°N, 82.401774°W, situated in Alachua County. ZIP code 32605, 33614, 33023. Telephone area code: 407, 321, 305, 786. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.