Neptune
Neptune is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Exodus Hill stands 370 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Gens Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Three-foot fiberglass sphere
What the record says
- Material
- fiberglass
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gens Park: 0.5 mi
- Acme State Roadside Park: 1.0 mi
- Bayside Park: 1.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Pine Grove Park: 2.2 mi
- Music House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Dennos Museum Center: 3.3 mi
- Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 9.7 mi
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 11.3 mi
- Fife Lake Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Observation Hill: 0.9 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 3.8 mi
- Wayne Hill: 6.6 mi
- Morgan Hill: 7.0 mi
- Hickory Hill: 7.1 mi
- 2k Hill: 2.3 mi
- The Chute: 2.5 mi
- Sand Pit ORV Area: 2.5 mi
- 3k Hill: 2.6 mi
- 6k Hill: 2.8 mi
- Larry Cole Hardy: 4.7 mi
- St. Francis A.D. 1887: 4.9 mi
- Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 6.1 mi
- Northrup Grave: 9.3 mi
- Archangel Gabriel Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 4.3 mi
- Challengers Island Garden: 4.3 mi
- Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 4.3 mi
- Secret Garden: 6.1 mi
- West End Beach: 5.7 mi
- North Beach: 11.7 mi
- Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 11.9 mi
- Public Access: 12.7 mi
- Haserot Beach: 14.7 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 17.2 mi
- Dodge Spring: 21.1 mi
- Jacktown: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Neptune. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus Hill | W 277° | 370 m | 9.2 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | SE 125° | 358 m | 21.9 mi |
| Twentyone Hill | SE 128° | 357 m | 22.4 mi |
| Gallagher Hill | W 281° | 355 m | 10.3 mi |
| Varney Hill | W 276° | 337 m | 17.6 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SW 225° | 332 m | 19.2 mi |
| Warner Hill | W 272° | 331 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pierce Hill | SW 223° | 322 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:47 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 16:16 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 32 | 43 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse CY Cherry Capital AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12741667697
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