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Butterfly

Butterfly from directly overhead

Butterfly is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Neersville stands 467 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Comet Gazebo, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2008
Height
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.07032, -77.46332

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Fitz A. Campbell Grave: 2.0 mi
  • Cooke's Mill: 2.7 mi
  • Icehouse: 3.8 mi
  • Carriage House: 3.9 mi
  • Well House: 3.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • butterfly garden: 2.6 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • The Farm at Halley Rise: 10.0 mi
Peaks
Museums
Picnic sites: 59
  • Smiths Switch Station: 3.0 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic area A: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic area B: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic area C: 10.8 mi
Springs: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 21.1 mi
  • River Access: 22.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 7.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Pua Falls: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.1 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Butterfly. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NeersvilleNW 305°467 m20.2 mi
Maryland HeightsNW 324°444 m23.1 mi
Raven RocksWNW 284°443 m20.5 mi
Short Hill MountainNW 317°441 m18.9 mi
Signal MountainSW 225°413 m18.3 mi
High Point MountainSW 222°397 m20.0 mi
Buzzard HillW 272°397 m23.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE 16°387 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4520:0020:40
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2267869119

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