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Pictasaurus

Pictasaurus from directly overhead

Pictasaurus is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sidney Friedman Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1986-07-11
Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79154, -77.86024

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sidney Friedman Park: 0.0 mi
  • Foundry Park: 0.2 mi
  • Westerly Parkway Wetland Education Center: 0.6 mi
  • East Fairmount Park: 0.7 mi
  • South Hills Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • President Atherton: 0.4 mi
  • Old Main: 0.4 mi
  • Old Botany: 0.4 mi
  • Science Technology and Society: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Nittany: 3.8 mi
  • Bald Knob: 5.0 mi
  • Rudy Ridge: 5.2 mi
  • Sand Knob: 5.5 mi
  • Greenlee Mountain: 6.1 mi
Springs: 31
  • Thompson Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Bathgate Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Blue Spring: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 22
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Kish park beach access: 19.6 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.2 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Pictasaurus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatESE 116°738 m6.2 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 110°733 m9.3 mi
Big FlatSE 141°732 m6.2 mi
Broad MountainSE 140°726 m9.9 mi
Grass MountainSE 125°717 m8.6 mi
Broad MountainESE 112°716 m10.8 mi
Bear KnobNNW 342°713 m11.4 mi
Milligans KnobSE 128°711 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4120:0620:47
September equinox07:0018:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8040727038

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