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Gazebo Point

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Looking south-east from Gazebo Point. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Gazebo Point sits at 1,283 feet along the Skyline Parkway Scenic Byway, with the terrain facing 150 degrees and dropping 180 feet over the next 600 meters. The outlook toward the south takes in a cluster of named features between roughly 1,077 and 1,111 feet in elevation: Ordean Court and the Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium to the south-southwest at 1.2 and 1.4 miles, and BlueStone Roundabout, Field 9, and the Rain Garden to the south at 1.2 to 1.4 miles. Duluth lies 3.8 miles to the south-southwest, Superior is 8.0 miles south, and Cloquet is 19.8 miles west-southwest. Daylight hours shift across the year, with sunrise and sunset at 07:12 and 19:21 near the March equinox, 05:15 and 21:07 at the June solstice, 06:56 and 19:08 near the September equinox, and 07:51 and 16:23 at the December solstice. Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory is the previous stop along the byway, and Rock Knob follows.

Access
0.7 mi detour
Elevation
1,283 ft
View
Southeast · 150°
Relief
180 ft drop
In view
5 named features
Forest Greens, Hartley Park, Duluth 9/24/17 #leaves
Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0 · source
Yellow Burst, Hartley Nature Center, Duluth
Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0 · source
Pine, Hartley
Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0 · source
Reeds, Hartley Nature Center, Duluth
Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0 · source
Purple Lupins
Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0 · source
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Sharon Mollerus · CC BY 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Ordean Court1,103 ftsouth-southwest · 1.2 mi
  • BlueStone Roundabout1,089 ftsouth · 1.2 mi
  • Field 91,078 ftsouth · 1.3 mi
  • Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium1,111 ftsouth-southwest · 1.4 mi
  • Rain Garden1,077 ftsouth · 1.4 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:1219:2118:41
June solstice05:1521:0720:20
September equinox06:5619:0818:28
December solstice07:5116:2315:31

Local time (America/Chicago). Computed for this exact position.

Where it is

  • Duluth3.8 mi south-southwest
  • Superior8.0 mi south
  • Cloquet19.8 mi west-southwest
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How high is Gazebo Point?

Gazebo Point sits at about 1,283 feet (391 m).

What can you see from Gazebo Point?

From Gazebo Point: Ordean Court (SSW, 1.2 mi); BlueStone Roundabout (S, 1.2 mi); Field 9 (S, 1.3 mi); Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium (SSW, 1.4 mi).

What is the nearest town to Gazebo Point?

Duluth, 3.8 miles SSW of Gazebo Point.

What is the next lookout after Gazebo Point?

Rock Knob is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Gazebo Point.

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