Balance Of Power
Balance Of Power is an artwork in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Tuttle Hill stands 372 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sea Wing Disaster, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road runs past it. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 18.7 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista point · 1 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 1 mi
- Carlson Kiln · 1 mi
- Spring Lake Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Levee Park: 0.1 mi
- John Rich Park: 0.2 mi
- Central Park: 0.3 mi
- Bay Point Park: 0.5 mi
- He Mni Can - Barn Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Ulvin Hill: 6.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Maiden Rock: 13.1 mi
- Cotter Hill: 17.9 mi
- Dills Mound: 18.2 mi
- The Sea Wing Disaster: 0.0 mi
- Purple Heart Monument: 0.2 mi
- Lake Pepin: 8.4 mi
- The Claybank Pits: 9.3 mi
- Maiden Rock: 13.1 mi
- Gateway To Red Wing: 0.0 mi
- Ever Upward: 0.1 mi
- A Tribute: 0.1 mi
- First Flight: 0.1 mi
- Synchronous: 0.1 mi
- Red Wing Shoe Museum: 0.2 mi
- Aliveo Military Museum: 0.3 mi
- Goodhue County Historical Society Museum: 0.6 mi
- Vasa Museum: 10.1 mi
- Goodhue Area Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Skidmore Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Maiden Rock: 13.1 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Fivemile Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Prairie Island Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Sylvia's Garden: 15.2 mi
- Campus Lab Garden: 19.9 mi
- Dahlka Garden: 20.2 mi
- Spring Lake Park Reserve Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Florence Township Beach: 10.6 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 20.2 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 20.6 mi
- Dog Cove: 23.4 mi
- Pembles Beach: 24.4 mi
- Claybank Pits: 9.3 mi
- Lake Pepin Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Lake City Concourse: 16.0 mi
- Little House Wayside: 17.3 mi
- Florence: 12.1 mi
- Point Douglas: 18.8 mi
- Nininger: 22.7 mi
- Savoy: 24.6 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- fire ring: 20.7 mi
- St Croix Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 18.9 mi
- UWRF Observatory: 20.2 mi
- Crystal Cave: 23.1 mi
- Vermillion Falls: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balance Of Power. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle Hill | NE 56° | 372 m | 23.0 mi |
| Farm Hill | E 100° | 360 m | 19.4 mi |
| Nerike Hill | E 94° | 355 m | 19.1 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | ENE 72° | 354 m | 22.1 mi |
| Ganoe Hill | E 85° | 350 m | 22.9 mi |
| Gates Hill | E 86° | 345 m | 20.9 mi |
| Cotter Hill | E 88° | 342 m | 17.9 mi |
| Hammond Hill | NE 54° | 342 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 31 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Wing DAM 3, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12200310226
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