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Folded Square Alphabet S

Folded Square Alphabet S from directly overhead

Folded Square Alphabet S is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Song of the Vowels, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Built
2011
Material
steel

How to reach it

Coordinates37.43360, -122.17725

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 0.1 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 0.2 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 1.0 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 1.0 mi
  • Hewlett Packard's Garage: 1.4 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Sand Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Coyote Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Madera Point: 4.7 mi
  • Vista Hill: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 47
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Spring source: 8.4 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 13.6 mi
  • Congress Springs: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.0 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.0 mi
  • Chab: 20.8 mi
  • Aramai Point: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Folded Square Alphabet S. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 162°985 m15.3 mi
Castle RockSSE 163°979 m14.9 mi
The PeakSSE 159°917 m15.9 mi
Lookout TowerSSE 164°892 m13.5 mi
Goat RockSSE 165°890 m14.7 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE 158°880 m16.2 mi
Summit RockSSE 162°878 m14.0 mi
Varian PeakSSE 166°873 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11216893837

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