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Paley Gates

Paley Gates from directly overhead

Paley Gates is an artwork in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Sand Hill stands 5 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tequila Sunrise, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Redesign and Installation of the 2019 Paley Gates generously named by Jeanette Montgomery Every & Hebert P. Evert

How to reach it

Coordinates26.21629, -81.80439

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Sea Gate Park: 0.5 mi
  • Clam Pass Park (County): 0.8 mi
  • Seagate Beach Club: 0.9 mi
  • Raymond Lutgert Beach Park: 1.5 mi
  • Vedado Way Park: 2.2 mi
Beaches
  • Clam Pass Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Clam Pass Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Pelican Bay Commons Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Pelican Bay North Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Horizon Way Beach: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 39
  • Bornean Orangutan: 3.3 mi
  • Capybara & Agouti: 3.3 mi
  • Coyote: 3.3 mi
  • Tamarin: 3.3 mi
  • Ground Hornbill: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Joyce & George Kempton Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden Area: 3.1 mi
  • Wilson Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Smith Education Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 9
  • Lager Head: 3.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of America Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Monument: 5.2 mi
  • You Are Not Forgotten: 5.2 mi
  • Koreshan Laundry: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rodgers Waterfall: 5.7 mi
  • Nine & Steve Iser Waterfall: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Blue Hill: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillSSE 164°5 m11.0 mi
Blue HillSSE 156°0 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3619:5020:23
September equinox07:1718:5519:25
December solstice07:1117:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656870757982838382797268
Precip in1.71.41.92.52.87.47.88.98.63.91.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Naples Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13231665249

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