Big Boy
Big Boy is an artwork in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Negro Hill stands 342 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawrence County Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 1.0 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- fiberglass
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 9th Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Beechwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Raceland Park: 2.8 mi
- Flatwoods Park: 2.9 mi
- Paul Porter Park: 3.1 mi
- Student Soldier Statue: 2.9 mi
- Venus: 4.3 mi
- Genesis: 4.4 mi
- Vulcan: 4.4 mi
- You Look Good in Ashland Kentucky: 4.4 mi
- Vesuvius Furnace: 5.4 mi
- Marquette Cement: 9.8 mi
- Marshall Plane Crash Site: 12.5 mi
- Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial: 13.6 mi
- WWI Memorial Trail: 14.2 mi
- Sand Hill: 6.4 mi
- Gartrell Hill: 6.8 mi
- Five Forks Hill: 6.9 mi
- Tipton Knob: 11.9 mi
- High Knob: 12.0 mi
- Lawrence County Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center: 4.6 mi
- Russell E. Compton Civic Center & Museum: 9.3 mi
- Ramsdell House: 11.7 mi
- Ceredo Historical Society Museum: 11.8 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 12.2 mi
- Ohio Hanging Rock Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Raven Rock: 24.0 mi
- C&O 1308: 14.2 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 15.9 mi
- Kentucky Roots Farm: 24.3 mi
- Rest Area I 64 (East Bound): 17.3 mi
- Rest Area I 64 (West Bound): 18.0 mi
- Raven Rock: 23.9 mi
- Violet Point: 23.9 mi
- Central Park Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Big Bend Swimming Beach: 6.3 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Boy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negro Hill | W 270° | 342 m | 23.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | WSW 241° | 335 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hunts Knob | SSW 213° | 332 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mayo Hill | SW 232° | 323 m | 24.9 mi |
| High Knob | SW 215° | 314 m | 12.0 mi |
| Stewart Knob | NNE 30° | 307 m | 12.6 mi |
| Niner Hill | NNW 330° | 307 m | 22.3 mi |
| Phillips Knob | NNE 17° | 306 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:19 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:32 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7948594798
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- Huntington · 15 mi
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