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Box-Headed Figure

Box-Headed Figure from directly overhead

Box-Headed Figure is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Large Monumental Allegory, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1958
Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates39.32618, -76.61883

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Gardens: 0.0 mi
  • Ryda and Robert H. Levi Sculpture Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • The Harvest: 0.6 mi
  • New Antioch Baptist Church Sacred Garden: 0.7 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Wyman Quad: 0.1 mi
  • Decker Quadrangle: 0.1 mi
  • Johns Hopkins Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Keyser Quad: 0.2 mi
  • 32nd Street Park: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Miracle on 34th Street: 0.5 mi
  • Santa Rosa Labyrinth: 0.9 mi
  • Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 1.1 mi
  • Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory: 1.5 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bend Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Federal Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Luskins Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Abell Ridge: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 7.6 mi
  • Old Quarry: 7.6 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 9.0 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.1 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 7.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Box-Headed Figure. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 346°233 m22.0 mi
Ivy HillNNW 342°200 m9.6 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 342°191 m11.7 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 257°169 m9.7 mi
The BunkerWNW 302°157 m16.9 mi
Abell RidgeN 353°155 m6.0 mi
Satyr HillNE 36°151 m6.8 mi
Cherry HillNE 42°149 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8761464289

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