Departure of the Great Blue Herons
Departure of the Great Blue Herons is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
Located within Duck Park, next to a portion of the Alpena Bi-Path paralleling West Chisholm Street, across from the hospital.
What the record says
- Height
- 24'
- Width
- 19'
- Material
- metal
What to expect
How to reach it
131 named places within 25 miles
- Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Duck Park: 0.2 mi
- Lamare Park: 0.7 mi
- Riverside Skate Park: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Island Mill Park: 0.8 mi
- Eagle: 0.3 mi
- Global Collaboration Awareness: 0.3 mi
- “Kaiser Paul” Lumberjack Statue: 0.5 mi
- Gone Fishing: 0.7 mi
- Flying Peacock: 0.8 mi
- Grass Island: 2.8 mi
- Alpena Field Office: 4.5 mi
- Misery Bay Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Morris Bay Nature Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- North Point Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Lady Michigan: 0.9 mi
- Spaceship Simulator: 4.1 mi
- Sanborn Fishing Pier: 10.6 mi
- Bell Village Chimney: 12.1 mi
- Bruski Sinkhole: 15.1 mi
- Alpena County Courthouse: 0.7 mi
- St. Bernard Catholic Church: 1.0 mi
- George N. Fletcher Commemorative Marker: 1.3 mi
- The Daniel Carter Family: 1.3 mi
- Ossineke Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Besser Museum: 0.4 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 0.9 mi
- Presque Isle Township Museum: 19.5 mi
- Manning Hill: 13.0 mi
- Hickey Hill: 17.5 mi
- Mount Maria: 22.8 mi
- Starlite Beach: 1.9 mi
- Bebe Beach: 10.4 mi
- Alpena Light: 1.7 mi
- Hagensville: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Departure of the Great Blue Herons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Hill | SSW 198° | 306 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSW 192° | 282 m | 22.8 mi |
| Manning Hill | W 266° | 280 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:08 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpena Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12536750635
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