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Guitar

Guitar from directly overhead

Guitar is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowler Brook Gorge, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26950, -71.87050

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bailey-Prouty Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Logan Field: 0.8 mi
  • Bailey-Prouty Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Tatnuck Square: 1.1 mi
  • Cascades Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Deed Rock: 1.0 mi
  • Goddard Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Hadwen House Foundation: 2.1 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Rogers-Kennedy Memorial: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Eddy Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Maple Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Moreland Hill: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Thinking Rock: 1.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.7 mi
  • Cousins' Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.8 mi
Artworks: 33
  • Sigmund Freud: 2.8 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 2.8 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 3.2 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 3.4 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 32
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 1.4 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Secret Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 9.7 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 26
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emerson Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Cascades: 20.2 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Picnic: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Guitar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Asnebumskit HillNNW 329°421 m2.6 mi
Little Asnebumskit HillNNW 330°399 m3.3 mi
Crocker HillNW 320°369 m4.0 mi
Pine HillNNW 340°361 m5.5 mi
Elliott HillWNW 288°359 m2.7 mi
Cooper HillNW 308°358 m2.7 mi
Turkey HillNW 322°355 m5.7 mi
Howe HillNW 305°352 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4620:28
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8937004176

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