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Dancer

Dancer from directly overhead

Dancer is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Marys Peak stands 1,249 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Squirrel, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Over the Rivers and Through the Woods passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1979

How to reach it

Coordinates44.56459, -123.26587

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Central City Park: 0.0 mi
  • McNary Field: 0.3 mi
  • Riverfront Commemorative City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Little Fields Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kermit E. Roth City Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Witham Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Bald Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Dimple Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Vineyard Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • McCulloch Peak: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Museums: 12
Gardens: 11
  • Callahan Food Forest: 0.4 mi
  • CSC Youth House Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Organic Growers Club Vegetable Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Calvin Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 9
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Sulfer Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Hull Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Solstice Spring: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Waters of Mormon: 18.0 mi
  • Green Peak Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Alsea Falls: 19.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Telephone of the Wind: 7.5 mi
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 24.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Historical Boxcar: 20.8 mi
  • Scio Vetrans Memorial: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 0.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Dancer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys PeakWSW 254°1,248.8 m14.7 mi
Old Blue MountainWSW 244°1,003 m16.4 mi
Alsea MountainWSW 245°928 m14.0 mi
Green PeakSW 216°821 m16.9 mi
Flat MountainSW 227°812 m14.6 mi
McCulloch PeakNW 317°664 m6.2 mi
Maddsens KnobSW 233°664 m15.4 mi
Buck PeakSW 220°643 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2920:1821:02
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4715:4816:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347505661686863544540
Precip in6.54.84.93.32.31.30.30.41.53.56.57.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis State Univ, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5046925343

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