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Egg

Egg from directly overhead

Egg is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fern Island, a garden 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Large plastic Egg next to Lititz Watch Company. No one is quite sure why this Egg is located here. However, this landmark has grown to become a critical part of Lititz. It marks the end of the Lititz Watch Company Property.

The record

What the record says

Material
plastic
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.16015, -76.30752
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lititz Springs Park: 0.3 mi
  • New Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • New Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dean L. Saylor Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
  • Lititz Historical Foundation: 0.4 mi
  • Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery: 0.4 mi
  • Manheim Train Station Museum: 4.5 mi
  • The Keath House: 4.6 mi
  • The Fasig House: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Bounce Kraze: 5.9 mi
  • Carousel: 7.7 mi
  • Mount Hope Mansion: 7.9 mi
  • Trancending Flesh: 8.2 mi
  • Mother Tucker's Antiques: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 53
  • Wall of Rememberance: 0.2 mi
  • Toll House: 5.6 mi
  • Ephrata Unleashed Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Ephrata War Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Eagle Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Forge Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 6.5 mi
  • White Oak Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Ephrata Mountain: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 38
  • Lion Statue: 0.3 mi
  • Winters Leadership Memorial: 6.8 mi
  • Kids With Balloons: 8.1 mi
  • Reading At Pondside: 8.1 mi
  • William Penn: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Fern Island: 0.2 mi
  • Grow-Up Garden: 4.1 mi
  • The Courtyard: 6.8 mi
  • Psalm 23 Prayer Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Bortz Pavilion: 0.3 mi
  • Boy Scout Pavilion: 0.3 mi
  • Penryn Church Grove: 4.7 mi
  • Trestle Trail Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 9
  • Lititz Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Schaefferstown Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Donegal Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Bethany Childrens Home Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Penryth Spring: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 10.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNNE 28°396 m13.9 mi
Governor Dick HillNW 307°350 m9.8 mi
Mount PennENE 59°342 m24.9 mi
Little MountainNNW 344°337 m22.8 mi
Spring HillNW 316°331 m8.2 mi
Cushion PeakNE 51°320 m15.8 mi
Welsh MountainE 98°313 m20.3 mi
Eagle RockN 354°306 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:17
June solstice05:3719:5820:39
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2516:0016:43

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526271757467554435
Precip in2.62.23.33.33.44.84.23.54.73.83.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9507867798

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