Flying Peacock
Flying Peacock is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpena County Courthouse, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
Mural created in 2024 as part of Alpena Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Fresh Waves initiative. Located on the southeast side of the building at 615 W. Chisholm Street, viewable from W. Chisholm Street.
What to expect
How to reach it
131 named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Island Mill Park: 0.1 mi
- Lamare Park: 0.2 mi
- Riverside Skate Park: 0.2 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail: 0.3 mi
- Chisholm Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Gone Fishing: 0.2 mi
- Alpena Shipwreck Tour Mural: 0.2 mi
- Moments That Watered Us: 0.4 mi
- You are Art: 0.4 mi
- Jesse Besser Mural: 0.4 mi
- Grass Island: 2.2 mi
- Alpena Field Office: 4.9 mi
- Misery Bay Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- North Point Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Crooked Island: 7.1 mi
- Lady Michigan: 0.2 mi
- Spaceship Simulator: 4.6 mi
- Sanborn Fishing Pier: 9.9 mi
- Bell Village Chimney: 12.6 mi
- Bruski Sinkhole: 15.8 mi
- Alpena County Courthouse: 0.1 mi
- St. Bernard Catholic Church: 0.2 mi
- George N. Fletcher Commemorative Marker: 0.5 mi
- The Daniel Carter Family: 0.5 mi
- Ossineke Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 0.2 mi
- Besser Museum: 1.0 mi
- Presque Isle Township Museum: 20.1 mi
- Manning Hill: 13.5 mi
- Hickey Hill: 17.1 mi
- Mount Maria: 22.3 mi
- Starlite Beach: 1.4 mi
- Bebe Beach: 9.8 mi
- Alpena Light: 0.9 mi
- Hagensville: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flying Peacock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Hill | SSW 200° | 306 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSW 194° | 282 m | 22.3 mi |
| Manning Hill | W 269° | 280 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12539496086
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