Artwork · Georgia
Anchor
Anchor is an artwork in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 317 m. Sawnee Mountain stands 593 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Green, a park 0.8 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
Coordinates33.97020, -84.22189
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Town Green: 0.8 mi
- Simpsonwood Park: 1.6 mi
- The Green Park: 1.7 mi
- Green Pond Park: 1.8 mi
- CRNRA - Medlock Bridge Unit: 1.9 mi
Artworks
- Frog: 1.9 mi
- Children Climbing Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Liquid Sunshine: 7.7 mi
- John Wesley: 7.8 mi
- Riding Skeleton: 9.8 mi
Museums
- Fire Station Museum: 2.0 mi
- Southeastern Railway Museum: 4.0 mi
- Discover Science Center STEM Lab: 5.1 mi
- Discover Science Center: 5.2 mi
- Discover Science Center: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
- Eastern Continental Divide: 4.9 mi
- Police Officer Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Roswell Historic Square: 8.7 mi
- Faces of War: 8.8 mi
- Crypt of Civilization time capsule: 9.1 mi
Gardens
- Science Classes Garden: 6.9 mi
- Chinese Garden: 7.1 mi
- Pollinator garden: 7.4 mi
- Henderson Park Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Summit Gardens: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 41
- Bell: 2.0 mi
- Tiny Towny: 3.6 mi
- Warsaw Church: 3.6 mi
- M56 "Scorpion": 5.6 mi
- M60 "Patton": 5.6 mi
Peaks: 20
- Druid Hill: 11.8 mi
- Stone Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Lanier Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Sweat Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 10.8 mi
- Lynne & Charlie D'Huyvetter Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Glenn Creek Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Woodlands Garden: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Studdard Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 13.2 mi
- Mead Road Park: 15.0 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 5
- Aarlington Beach: 10.5 mi
- BM Fort: 24.1 mi
- Bridgemill PuttPutt: 24.1 mi
- Bridgemill Beach: 24.2 mi
- Costley Mill Park Beach: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Water Wheel: 2.2 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
- McDaniels Bluff: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Constitution: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Anchor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawnee Mountain | N 11° | 593 m | 18.8 mi |
| Kennesaw Mountain | W 271° | 543 m | 20.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSE 159° | 514 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | WNW 297° | 500 m | 15.0 mi |
| Little Kennesaw Mountain | W 270° | 488 m | 20.9 mi |
| Blackjack Mountain | W 273° | 418 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 273° | 396 m | 24.3 mi |
| Fox Hill | NE 34° | 389 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:54 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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