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Pelicans

Pelicans from directly overhead

Pelicans is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Eagle Peak stands 396 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sun Catcher, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates40.32796, -75.95513

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Museum Arboretum: 0.1 mi
  • Happy Hollow Playground: 0.4 mi
  • West Reading Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Oakbrook Housing Park: 0.7 mi
  • Brookline Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • Peace Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Graffitti Tree: 10.8 mi
  • Raggedy Ann's Ice Cream Shop: 11.7 mi
  • Twas the Night Before Christmas: 11.7 mi
  • Farm Life in Berks County: 11.7 mi
Museums: 44
Artworks: 27
Gardens: 16
Springs: 14
  • Springs of Punches Run: 3.7 mi
  • Mammoth Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Geiles Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Peters Creek Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Micajah Posey Spring: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
  • White Oak Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Sweinhart Pavilion: 15.2 mi
  • Red Rock Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Sunfish Pond Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Pelicans. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakW 273°396 m12.2 mi
Topton MountainNE 54°378 m17.7 mi
Mount PennENE 65°342 m3.1 mi
Church HillENE 64°332 m6.7 mi
Long HillE 84°332 m13.5 mi
Fancy HillE 91°331 m13.2 mi
Deer Path HillNE 45°326 m5.3 mi
Irish MountainNNE 27°323 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3519:5720:38
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2415:5816:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342536372767467554536
Precip in3.02.63.53.43.54.84.84.54.93.83.03.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13812478944

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