Artwork · California

Buckyball

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Elevation, modelled: 28 m
Tallest summit within 17.1 miles: Mount Bielawski985 m · 15.3 mi
Sunset, June solstice: 20:34local time
Coordinates: 37.4341, -122.1767

Buckyball from directly overhead

Buckyball is a artwork in California, at a modelled 28 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Song of the Vowels, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Buckyball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Bielawski	SSE 163°	985 m	15.3 mi
Castle Rock	SSE 163°	979 m	14.9 mi
The Peak	SSE 159°	917 m	15.9 mi
Lookout Tower	SSE 164°	892 m	13.5 mi
Goat Rock	SSE 165°	890 m	14.7 mi
Sunnyvale Mountain	SSE 158°	880 m	16.2 mi
Summit Rock	SSE 162°	878 m	14.0 mi
Varian Peak	SSE 167°	873 m	14.5 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Attractions

Stem Cell Research information placards: 0.2 mi
Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 0.2 mi
Tower Well structure (historic): 1.0 mi
El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 1.0 mi
Hewlett Packard's Garage: 1.4 mi

Gardens

Oak Road Garden: 0.3 mi
Arizona Garden: 0.3 mi
Rodin Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi

Museums

Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 0.3 mi
Hoover Tower: 0.7 mi
Palo Alto History Museum: 1.2 mi
Museum of American Heritage: 1.3 mi
West Bay Model Railroad Association: 1.4 mi

Historic sites

Memorial Tablet: 0.5 mi
California Registered State Landmark No 834: 0.7 mi
In Memory of Charles A. “Chuck” Taylor: 0.8 mi
In Memory of Glenn S. “Pop” Warner: 0.9 mi
Palo Alto’s First Community House: 0.9 mi

Parks

Escondido Mall: 0.6 mi
Lasuen Mall: 0.7 mi
Koret Plaza: 0.7 mi
Meyer Green: 0.8 mi
Galvez Mall: 0.8 mi

Picnic sites

Peaks

Sand Hill: 2.5 mi
Coyote Hill: 2.9 mi
Eagle Hill: 4.6 mi
Madera Point: 4.7 mi
Vista Hill: 4.7 mi

Nature reserves

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 3.7 mi
Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 4.3 mi
Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
Wunderlich County Park: 5.4 mi
Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 6.2 mi

Beaches47

Martins Beach: 13.4 mi
Tunitas Beach: 13.5 mi
Coyote Point Beach: 13.5 mi
Aardvark Beach: 13.7 mi
Niles beach: 13.7 mi

Waterfalls15

Ghost towns11

Stokes Landing: 11.2 mi
Drawbridge: 11.3 mi
Purissima: 13.4 mi
Russell City: 15.3 mi
Lexington: 19.4 mi

Springs9

Cliffs7

Graffiti Rock: 12.3 mi
Underworld Rock: 15.0 mi
Lyme Disease Rock: 15.0 mi
Chab: 20.7 mi
Aramai Point: 21.4 mi

Rest areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 12.6 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:46	19:21
June solstice	05:49	19:55	20:34
September equinox	06:57	18:33	19:07
December solstice	07:20	16:14	16:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Sources

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