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Guidance of Youth

Guidance of Youth from directly overhead

Guidance of Youth is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Sykes stands 614 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rhododendron Hillside, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Silver Falls passes 6.0 miles off.

What the record says

Material
bronze; granite

How to reach it

Coordinates44.92734, -123.03802

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Deepwood Estate: 0.4 mi
  • Pringle Park: 0.4 mi
  • SAIF Salem Campus Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mill Race Beautification: 0.7 mi
  • Mill Race Beautification: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Chapman Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Zosel Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Grice Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Illahe Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Wallace Hill: 4.1 mi
Museums: 27
Nature reserves: 24
Artworks: 22
Historic sites: 19
  • Chinook Salmon: 0.6 mi
  • 1245 Mill Street Section Houses: 0.7 mi
  • E. M. Waite Memorial Fountain: 0.8 mi
  • Dr. John McLoughlin: 0.9 mi
  • Column Segments from Second Oregon Capitol: 0.9 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 1.0 mi
  • Blue Car Wreck: 2.2 mi
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 7.5 mi
  • Steam Sawmill: 9.2 mi
  • Mushroom House: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 10.6 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 10.7 mi
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 10.8 mi
  • Number 2: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Sulfer Springs: 23.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Guidance of Youth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SykesWSW 257°614 m23.1 mi
Mount BrownW 264°591 m21.9 mi
Forest PeakSW 219°572.1 m21.9 mi
High HillENE 75°568 m24.0 mi
McCully MountainESE 120°513 m23.5 mi
BlacktailESE 110°491 m18.9 mi
Silverton HillsE 86°461 m17.5 mi
Rogers MountainSE 138°438.912 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515863696964544641
Precip in6.14.54.33.12.21.30.30.41.53.55.97.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem AP (mcnary Field), 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13741115819

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