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Callisto

Callisto from directly overhead

Callisto is an artwork in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mars Hill stands 531 m to the southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ganymede, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. FISH RIVER SCENIC BYWAY passes 26 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

Callisto (diameter 2.1 inches, 67+ feet from Jupiter axis) or (diameter 5.3 cm, 20.4 + meters from Jupiter axis) Moons constructed by Central Aroostook High School (Dellas Adams, tentatively)

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.60324, -67.97241
Around it

117 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
  • South Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Quaggy Joe: 1.6 mi
  • North Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Green Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Hobart Hill: 6.3 mi
Parks: 25
  • Aroostook State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Village Playground: 3.4 mi
  • The Little School Community Park: 4.0 mi
  • Arnold Brook Lake Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
  • Mantle Lake Park: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 14
Museums: 10
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 2
  • Nordic Heritage Center: 9.0 mi
  • Historical Society: 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Loring Air Force Base Tank Farm: 22.7 mi
  • AGM-28 Hound Dog: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • University Garden: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Haystack Rest Area: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mars HillSE 127°531 m9.4 mi
Saddleback MountainSSW 199°508 m13.8 mi
Number Nine MountainS 191°494 m12.7 mi
Scopan MountainW 273°433 m10.4 mi
Scopan KnobWSW 258°432 m11.1 mi
Hovey MountainSSW 195°415 m15.3 mi
Nighthawk MountainSSW 205°410 m17.7 mi
Maple MountainS 191°409 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0518:44
June solstice04:3919:4320:30
September equinox06:1917:5218:32
December solstice07:1414:5615:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131626405362676658453320
Precip in2.51.92.42.83.33.83.73.83.54.23.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Presque Isle, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5967829795

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