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Magnified

Magnified from directly overhead

Magnified is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Squirrel Mountain stands 493 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Hollow Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway passes 7.8 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates34.95244, -81.91272

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Happy Hollow Park: 0.0 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mean Green Park: 0.5 mi
  • Walter S. Montgomery Commons: 0.6 mi
  • South Converse Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Marian Anderson sculpture: 0.3 mi
  • Saint John's Fork mural: 0.4 mi
  • Menorah: 0.4 mi
  • Peach Tree: 0.5 mi
  • Spartanburg Community Fund mural: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 52
Peaks: 23
Museums: 16
  • Spartanburg Science Center: 0.9 mi
  • Spartanburg Art Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg: 1.2 mi
  • Hub City Railroad Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 13
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Plant Zoo: 4.7 mi
  • International Peace Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Xeric Garden: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Southern Railway caboose x711: 7.6 mi
  • Walnut Grove Plantation: 9.2 mi
  • BMW Performance Center: 15.5 mi
  • Peachoid: 16.2 mi
  • Jeep: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • 1: 18.6 mi
  • 3: 18.6 mi
  • 2: 18.6 mi
  • 5: 18.6 mi
  • 4: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Saranac Lake Waterfall: 3.7 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Frey Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Pacolet Water Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 24.8 mi
Springs: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Magnified. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Squirrel MountainWNW 303°493 m24.1 mi
Bird MountainNW 313°452 m23.4 mi
Little MountainNNW 329°424 m23.0 mi
Mockingbird HillNW 315°388 m23.6 mi
Pax MountainWNW 289°388 m24.5 mi
Thicketty MountainNE 36°364 m13.8 mi
Windmill HillNW 306°361 m13.6 mi
Roper MountainWSW 251°359 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1520:0820:45
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:3216:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434653616976797873625145
Precip in4.33.84.84.33.94.64.04.63.73.93.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spartanburg 3 SSE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9650376689

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