Day Star
Day Star is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Untitled by Tom Bills, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.4 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1981
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Untitled by Tom Bills: 0.1 mi
- Sunset Cube: 0.2 mi
- Untitled by Mel Leiserowitz: 0.2 mi
- Telegraph Exchange: 0.2 mi
- Rhythm and Variations: 0.3 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.4 mi
- Festival Park: 0.5 mi
- Falcon Park: 0.7 mi
- Stratford Park: 0.8 mi
- Box Canyon Park: 0.8 mi
- Tienken Road Park: 1.3 mi
- Avon Nature Study Area: 2.2 mi
- E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Rivercrest Green Space Property: 2.3 mi
- Cloverport Green Space Property: 2.9 mi
- Waterfall Pointe: 1.9 mi
- Big Idea Chair: 1.9 mi
- Step Pools: 1.9 mi
- Adams Road Mastodon: 2.6 mi
- Step-Up/Down: 4.5 mi
- Wabash Park Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 5.0 mi
- Farm Garden: 5.1 mi
- DAR Never Forget Garden: 5.8 mi
- Shadbush Master Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu: 4.0 mi
- Newberry Hill: 4.0 mi
- Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Shelden Estate: 5.2 mi
- The Buckley Fountain: 5.5 mi
- Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm: 4.3 mi
- Van Hoosen Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mythos Museum of Oddities & Curiosities: 5.6 mi
- Governor Moses Wisner House: 5.9 mi
- Pontiac Transportation Museum: 6.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 3.2 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 5.2 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Mount Judah: 5.8 mi
- Baypoint Beach: 6.4 mi
- Eastwood Beach: 6.6 mi
- Secret Beach: 7.4 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.6 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 10.1 mi
- Southdale Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Rose Sortor Gazebo: 8.7 mi
- West Shelter: 12.7 mi
- Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
- Clarkston Rest Area 904: 15.4 mi
- Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 22.7 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.6 mi
- Capac Rest Area 913: 25.0 mi
- The High Banks: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Day Star. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NW 307° | 388 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Christie | NNW 336° | 387 m | 15.8 mi |
| Grampian Hills | N 358° | 375 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 298° | 367 m | 9.9 mi |
| Kerr Hill | NNW 327° | 367 m | 18.1 mi |
| Enders Hill | NW 306° | 366 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 322° | 351 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | W 259° | 351 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:17 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5965504773
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