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Octopus

Octopus from directly overhead

Octopus is an artwork in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Thomas A. McGillicuddy Eco-Park at Quantum Corporate Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates26.54858, -80.08671

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Pioneer Canal Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sky Lake Private Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Officer Joseph Crowder Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ezell Hester Jr. Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Barton Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
Museums: 46
Nature reserves: 31
Historic sites: 31
Attractions: 25
  • Greenacres Bowl: 5.9 mi
  • Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands: 6.3 mi
  • Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge: 8.5 mi
  • Verdes Tropicana Bowling: 10.0 mi
  • El Bravo - El Vedado - El Brillo: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic area: 18.6 mi
  • Crescent: 20.1 mi
  • Daggerwing: 20.1 mi
  • Elfin: 20.2 mi
  • Grandiosa: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkSSW 195°70 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0219:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:17
September equinox07:1018:4819:18
December solstice07:0516:5917:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770737781828281787269
Precip in3.32.83.03.15.09.76.78.38.66.43.73.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loxahatchee NWR, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12072534895

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