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Bicycle Obelisk

Bicycle Obelisk from directly overhead

Bicycle Obelisk is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Mount Saint Helena South Peak stands 1,220 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is South Davis Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.42646, -122.71365
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Davis Park: 0.2 mi
  • South Davis Park: 0.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Junior Park: 0.5 mi
  • Burbank Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Colgan Creek Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites: 45
Attractions: 44
Beaches: 38
Museums: 36
Gardens: 35
Nature reserves: 30
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 3
  • Hunter Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Linda Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 18.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Hole in the Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Arched Rock: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Bicycle Obelisk. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Saint Helena South PeakNNE 18°1,220 m16.8 mi
Mount HoodENE 75°833 m8.9 mi
The BeehiveNE 43°833 m16.9 mi
Bald MountainE 79°832 m11.3 mi
Flat TopNE 43°832 m16.9 mi
Browns HillNE 35°825 m16.5 mi
High PointNE 38°824 m16.8 mi
Mount VeederESE 103°817 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4819:5920:39
September equinox06:5918:3519:09
December solstice07:2516:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495254576166676868635549
Precip in5.86.44.32.01.30.30.00.00.11.63.36.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Rosa, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6512702453

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