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Great Blue Heron with Marsh Wren and Turtle

Great Blue Heron with Marsh Wren and Turtle from directly overhead

Great Blue Heron with Marsh Wren and Turtle is an artwork in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Minitree Hill stands 36 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Colonial Parkway passes 0.7 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates37.27057, -76.71417

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 45
Gardens: 38
Artworks: 37
Nature reserves: 10
Beaches: 6
  • Kingsmill Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Fossil Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Seining Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Yorktown Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Beach Area: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Folly: 11.4 mi
  • Church Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Pig Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Minitree Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Evelynton Heights: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 4.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Blue Heron with Marsh Wren and Turtle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Minitree HillNW 306°36 m21.4 mi
Church HillNNE 25°30 m14.8 mi
Evelynton HeightsW 280°28 m24.4 mi
Pig HillNE 49°21 m16.1 mi
Mount FollyN 354°6 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4719:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1316:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404249596775797872615143
Precip in3.83.14.34.03.94.25.95.75.44.23.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamsburg 2 N, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9611180104

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