Artwork · Pennsylvania
Golden Tiger Statue
Golden Tiger Statue is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dell Delight Legion Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
Coordinates40.44093, -78.40072
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Dell Delight Legion Park: 0.6 mi
- Canal Basin Park: 1.1 mi
- Kelly Park: 1.2 mi
- Alto Rest Park: 1.2 mi
- NatureWorks Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
- Chimney Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Loop Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Red Hill: 6.3 mi
- Lock Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Chestnut Flats: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 35
- Korean War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Quarry: 7.1 mi
- Blair Limestone Company Kilns: 7.2 mi
- Quarry: 7.2 mi
- Old In-town Altoona airstrip: 9.5 mi
Museums: 23
- Baker Mansion History Museum: 3.4 mi
- A Quaint Corner Children's Museum & Discovery Center: 4.7 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 5.2 mi
- Lemon House: 8.0 mi
- Galliztin Tuneels Museum: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 9
- Old Duncansville Airmail field: 3.0 mi
- Engine House #6 Exhibit Building: 7.9 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 10.1 mi
- Tank: 10.6 mi
- Tipton Creek Train Station: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Kittanning Point: 6.2 mi
- Devils Elbow: 7.0 mi
- Herman Point: 13.3 mi
- Diechland Point: 15.1 mi
- Old Cliffs: 19.3 mi
Springs: 6
- Gallitzin Spring: 6.6 mi
- Weynant Spring: 10.4 mi
- Arch Spring: 15.4 mi
- Hundred Springs: 18.1 mi
- Mason Spring: 19.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- State Game Lands Number 279: 10.6 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 17.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 131: 18.2 mi
- Grace Nature Trail: 19.9 mi
- Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Mowery Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Mechanic's Shanty: 23.5 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 4
- Boot: 4.0 mi
- Great Auk: 7.0 mi
- The Paper Trail: 20.5 mi
- Silent Descent: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 2
- Garden: 11.9 mi
- Seeds of Hope (Tyrone Community Gardens): 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Golden Tiger Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | SW 219° | 953 m | 13.5 mi |
| Schaefer Head | SW 226° | 898 m | 11.7 mi |
| Ritchey Knob | SW 223° | 874 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cattle Knob | SW 223° | 865 m | 11.1 mi |
| Round Top | SW 227° | 849 m | 18.1 mi |
| Round Knob | SW 222° | 846 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | SW 219° | 824 m | 9.6 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | WSW 237° | 821 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:07 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altoona 7 SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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