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Balena

Balena from directly overhead

Balena is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Monte Abbruciaticcio stands 1,176 m to the south-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanislao Falchi, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1992

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56144, 12.64764

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
  • Torre Barbarasa: 0.1 mi
  • Chiesa di San Lorenzo: 0.2 mi
  • Anfiteatro Fausto: 0.2 mi
  • Ponte del Toro: 3.0 mi
  • Auditorium Santa Maria del Colle: 5.8 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Giardini Furio Miselli: 0.1 mi
  • Parco Melvin Jones: 0.2 mi
  • Parco Gianfranco Ciaurro: 0.3 mi
  • La Passeggiata: 0.3 mi
  • Ex - Ferriera: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Colle Spiazzo la Croce: 2.9 mi
  • Penna della Rocca: 3.1 mi
  • Monte La Croce: 3.3 mi
  • Monte Pennarossa: 3.3 mi
  • Monte Torricella: 3.5 mi
Springs: 22
  • Abbeveratoio: 5.4 mi
  • Fonte di Santa Rosa: 7.5 mi
  • Fonte del Lecinetto: 8.1 mi
  • Santa Pudenziana: 9.9 mi
  • Fontana di Nocicchia: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 16
  • Falesia Sant'Andrea: 4.8 mi
  • Settore A: 9.8 mi
  • Settore B: 9.8 mi
  • Settore C: 9.8 mi
  • Settore Grotta: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Picnic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Marmore terzo salto: 3.5 mi
  • Cascata delle Marmore: 3.5 mi
  • Cascata dei Frati: 17.9 mi
  • Pozze del diavolo: 18.6 mi
  • Cascata del Martelluzzo: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Chiringuito - Società Canottieri Piediluco: 5.5 mi
  • Le mole: 9.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Balena. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte AbbruciaticcioSSE 153°1,176 m8.0 mi
Cime di MacchialungaSSE 159°1,160 m6.7 mi
Monte Torre MaggioreNNW 334°1,121 m5.2 mi
Monte MacchialungaSSE 163°1,105 m6.4 mi
Colle TavolaSE 139°1,098 m7.1 mi
La MontagnolaSE 141°1,060 m5.8 mi
Pizzo di AppecanoN 3°1,056 m3.8 mi
Monte TorricellaN 5°1,054 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1417:4418:21
June solstice05:3320:0820:51
September equinox06:5718:3219:09
December solstice07:3715:5416:40

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11049484770

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