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Big Red Ball

Big Red Ball from directly overhead

Big Red Ball is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Octagon Museum Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.97509, -122.02557

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Octagon Museum Park: 0.0 mi
  • Vets Hall: 0.1 mi
  • SCOPE Park: 0.2 mi
  • San Lorenzo Park: 0.2 mi
  • Vegetation Zone: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Untitled Clevis #2: 0.0 mi
  • Leaves: 0.0 mi
  • Untitled: 0.0 mi
  • The Birth of Con-Ed: 0.1 mi
  • Ocean Life Spiral: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Jessie Street Marsh: 0.7 mi
  • Neary Lagoon Wildlife Refuge: 0.8 mi
  • Spineflower Habitat Protection Zone: 1.3 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
  • La Corona: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • Aloha Terrace: 0.8 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 51
Gardens: 41
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Ferndell: 5.6 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.4 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.4 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.4 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 4.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Big Red Ball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 47°1,154 m13.7 mi
Crystal PeakNE 48°1,097 m14.2 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 29°1,063 m14.6 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 24°1,061 m14.3 mi
Mount ChualNE 47°1,046 m14.5 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 348°985 m17.5 mi
Castle RockNNW 348°979 m17.9 mi
El SombrosoNNE 24°917 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5576999623

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