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Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads

Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads from directly overhead

Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is an artwork in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Cushetunk Mountain stands 254 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Head of a Woman, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.34360, -74.65929

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Cannon Green: 0.3 mi
  • Princeton Battle Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Tiger Park: 0.4 mi
  • Palmer Square Green: 0.5 mi
  • Albert E. Hinds Plaza: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Community Park North: 1.3 mi
  • Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Public Open Space: 1.7 mi
  • John Witherspoon Woods: 1.9 mi
  • Van Dyke Wright Park: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Prospect Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Birch Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Herrontown Woods Arboretum: 2.5 mi
  • Plainsboro community gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Fairgrounds Gardens: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 35
Picnic sites: 17
  • Alumni Grove: 8.0 mi
  • Student Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 12.0 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 14.9 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 14.9 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.9 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cushetunk MountainNNW 334°254 m19.7 mi
Round MountainNNW 328°186 m18.3 mi
Plumstead HillW 275°174 m23.3 mi
Sourland MountainNNW 338°171 m9.2 mi
Second Watchung MountainNNE 18°168 m18.9 mi
Round TopNNW 345°162 m23.6 mi
Buckingham MountainW 265°158 m20.2 mi
Baldpate MountainW 265°146 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340516170757366544436
Precip in3.52.64.33.74.14.64.84.34.24.03.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hightstown 2 W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7467648492

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