- Elevation, modelled
- 281 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Pilot Mound362.7 m · 21.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Bywayon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:54local time
- Coordinates
- 42.0260, -93.6183
AAOSE Site is a artwork in Iowa, at a modelled 281 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Purple Dragon, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway runs past it.
The Ames Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition (AAOSE) is the longest running program for Public Art Commission. Through this art program, artists submit sculptural entries to be displayed in Downtown Ames from May through April the following year.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of AAOSE Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | WNW 294° | 362.7 m | 21.9 mi |
- On the Lincoln Highway Heritage BywayNational
- 136.9 mi off the Great River RoadNational
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Purple Dragon: 0.0 mi
- Orange Dragon: 0.0 mi
- Crescendo: 0.1 mi
- Voices of the Prairie II: 0.1 mi
- Space Theme: 0.1 mi
- Ames Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Tom Evans Park: 0.2 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.4 mi
- Old Town Park: 0.4 mi
- Bandshell Park: 0.4 mi
- Ioway Creek Stormwater Wetland: 0.8 mi
- Ames High Prairie State Preserve: 1.4 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 1.9 mi
- Munn Woods: 2.7 mi
- Ketelsen Greenwing Marsh: 3.0 mi
- The Depot Marker: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Ben J. Cole Rock: 0.1 mi
- Site of First Home in Ames: 0.3 mi
- Ames Circle of Arts: 0.4 mi
- Community Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Penkhus Campanile Garden: 1.4 mi
- Jones Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- Buck Rose Collection: 1.4 mi
- Joey & Jesse's Herb Garden: 1.4 mi
- Ames History Museum: 0.3 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 1.0 mi
- Farm House Museum: 1.3 mi
- City of Roland Museum: 11.5 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 13.6 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 1.6 mi
- Story City Carousel: 11.3 mi
- Goat Pen: 12.2 mi
- Turkey Pen: 12.3 mi
- Chickens: 12.3 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 9.0 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 9.6 mi
- Pilot Mound: 21.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:12 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 2 mi away.
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