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Bison

Bison from directly overhead

Bison is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 363 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Gyroscope, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80589, -77.86935

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Intramural Fields: 0.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.3 mi
  • Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.4 mi
  • Blue Band Practice IM Fields: 0.4 mi
  • Foundry Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Mount Nittany: 3.9 mi
  • Bald Knob: 5.9 mi
  • Rudy Ridge: 6.2 mi
  • Sand Knob: 6.6 mi
  • Little Flat: 7.1 mi
Springs: 30
  • Thompson Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Benner Spring: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 22
  • Gyroscope: 0.0 mi
  • Childhood's Gate: 0.0 mi
  • Nautilus Shell: 0.0 mi
  • Joel N. Meyers Sundial: 0.0 mi
  • Caterpillar: 0.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 20.6 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.1 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Bison. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatESE 122°738 m7.1 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 114°733 m10.1 mi
Big FlatSE 143°732 m7.3 mi
Broad MountainSE 141°726 m11.0 mi
Grass MountainSE 128°717 m9.6 mi
Broad MountainESE 115°716 m11.7 mi
Bear KnobNNW 343°713 m10.3 mi
Milligans KnobSE 130°711 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4120:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12289080908

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