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Cast Bronze Horse

Cast Bronze Horse from directly overhead

Cast Bronze Horse is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Crittenden Hill, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2001-05
Material
bronze
Inscription
A Gift to the People of Mountain View From SGI
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.42514, -122.07389
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crittenden Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Kite Flying Area: 0.4 mi
  • Charleston Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vista Slope: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Halo: 0.5 mi
  • G: 0.5 mi
  • Vision: 0.5 mi
  • Android 4.1-4.3 "Jelly Bean": 0.6 mi
  • Android 5.x "Lollipop": 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Soil&Water Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Senior Center Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Sister City Friendship rock garden: 2.5 mi
  • S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks
Beaches: 37
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 12
  • Spring source: 9.1 mi
  • McClure Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.5 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.8 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.0 mi
  • Chab: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Cast Bronze Horse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 184°985 m14.0 mi
Castle RockS 185°979 m13.6 mi
The PeakS 179°917 m14.2 mi
Lookout TowerS 189°892 m12.5 mi
Goat RockS 188°890 m13.7 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 179°880 m14.5 mi
Summit RockS 186°878 m12.8 mi
Varian PeakS 190°873 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4143007049

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