Onaway Steers the World
Onaway Steers the World is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Rattlesnake Hills stands 372 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Man sculpture, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Onaway Steers the World
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Edna Lound Recreational Park: 0.5 mi
- Forest Township Park: 3.0 mi
- Tower North Eastern State Trail Parking: 3.1 mi
- Forest: 3.4 mi
- Onaway State Park: 5.6 mi
- DNR Onaway Field Office: 4.1 mi
- Buck Falls Ranch: 5.5 mi
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Cain's Creek Swamp Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Jack and Tucker Harris Working Forest Reserve: 12.5 mi
- Browning Farm: 10.9 mi
- Huron Dune Roadside Park: 16.5 mi
- Lake Huron: 16.5 mi
- Henry & Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman: 18.0 mi
- The Bunkhouse Gift Shop: 18.0 mi
- Lobdell Administration Building: 0.2 mi
- Sturgeon for Tomorrow: 9.5 mi
- Landing Field Concrete Marker: 13.1 mi
- Moltke Maize Maze, LLC: 14.0 mi
- Knaebe's Apple Farm & Ciderworks: 16.1 mi
- Onaway Historical Museum: 0.3 mi
- Millersburg Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Depot Museum: 8.7 mi
- Topinabee Museum: 19.5 mi
- Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum: 20.7 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum: 20.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Blats Hill: 13.9 mi
- Griswold Mountain: 19.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hills: 20.2 mi
- Old Baldy Hill: 22.0 mi
- Doriva Beach: 10.6 mi
- The Beach at Canada Creek Ranch: 12.0 mi
- Devoe Beach: 19.1 mi
- Suicide Awareness and Healing Garden: 20.7 mi
- Sunrise Side Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls: 9.0 mi
- Forty Mile Point Light: 18.0 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 21.0 mi
- Hagensville: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Onaway Steers the World. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Hills | S 184° | 372 m | 20.2 mi |
| Old Baldy Hill | S 188° | 363 m | 22.0 mi |
| Blats Hill | WNW 282° | 294 m | 13.9 mi |
| Griswold Mountain | WNW 287° | 269 m | 19.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 353° | 263 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:44 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:08 | 16:57 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onaway 4N, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11284987419
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