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C.A.V.U. (Skyspace)

C.A.V.U. (Skyspace) from directly overhead

C.A.V.U. (Skyspace) is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the south-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bracewell Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
12 m
Material
steel
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.70153, -73.11698

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bracewell Park: 0.2 mi
  • Western Gateway Heritage State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Colgrove Park: 0.5 mi
  • Freeman Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites: 36
  • North Adams Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Hoosac Tunnel - Notch Mountain Alignment Tower: 1.8 mi
  • Hoosac Tunnel - Spruce Hill Alignment Tower: 3.1 mi
  • Busby Farm Cellar Hole: 3.5 mi
  • Lt. Herbert Allan Field Memorial: 4.6 mi
Museums: 26
Waterfalls: 15
  • Money Brook Falls: 3.7 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Peck's Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Peck's Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Twin Cascade: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 15
Artworks: 12
  • Mr. Bling: 0.2 mi
  • The Wind Chimes: 2.3 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 4.9 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 5.0 mi
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Campers Beach: 1.7 mi
  • The Ledges: 15.4 mi
  • Green Mountain Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Waterfront: 21.0 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Buxton Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Meditation Gardens: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of C.A.V.U. (Skyspace). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockSSW 209°1,063 m5.1 mi
Saddle Ball MountainSSW 212°985 m6.9 mi
Mount FitchSW 215°945 m3.9 mi
Houghton MountainNNE 11°939 m8.3 mi
Mount WilliamsSW 222°901 m3.1 mi
Scrub HillN 4°883 m7.1 mi
Crum HillE 82°863 m5.0 mi
Spruce HillN 5°858 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1519:5220:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2015:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455665696861493930
Precip in2.52.03.13.13.74.44.14.54.24.33.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/214831857

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