Pillars of Construction
Pillars of Construction is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Blue Mound stands 264 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulis Square Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 5.2 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- reinforced_concrete
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Sulis Square Park: 1.1 mi
- Parkside Commons: 1.3 mi
- Appolon Hills Park: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Park: 1.6 mi
- Salazar Park: 1.6 mi
- Pegasus Statue: 1.5 mi
- Color Cube: 1.8 mi
- Fabric Woman: 1.8 mi
- Leaf: 2.2 mi
- Circling: 2.4 mi
- Boy Scouts of America National Museum: 2.8 mi
- Grapevine Historic Museum: 4.4 mi
- Nash Farm Museum: 4.7 mi
- Exhibit Hall: 5.4 mi
- C.R. Smith Aviation Museum: 6.3 mi
- Early Coppell School Foundation: 2.8 mi
- Grapevine Springs Park: 2.9 mi
- Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Minter's Chapel Cemetery: 3.5 mi
- Morgan Hood Survey Pioneer Cemetery: 3.7 mi
- Huang Garden: 3.8 mi
- Jerry Taylor Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Jerry Taylor Memorial Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Botanical Garden at Heritage Park: 4.7 mi
- Euless Historic Tree Grove: 5.0 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 4.3 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 4.4 mi
- gas monkey live: 7.7 mi
- Moxley Manor: 9.8 mi
- Northaven Trail: 11.0 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 7.5 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 9.9 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 10.8 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 11.7 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Flower Mound: 7.9 mi
- Mount Donwell: 9.7 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 10.4 mi
- Town Common: 12.8 mi
- Chalk Hill: 13.4 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 9.3 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 16.2 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 23.5 mi
- The Corral: 23.5 mi
- Shayhan Point: 16.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 21.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Inspiration Point: 24.9 mi
- Sowers: 5.8 mi
- La Reunion: 13.7 mi
- Camey Spur: 14.9 mi
- Elizabethtown: 17.3 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 17.4 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 19.5 mi
- McKamy Spring: 16.0 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Muddy Creek: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pillars of Construction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | W 277° | 264 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 326° | 253 m | 19.9 mi |
| Long Point | NW 323° | 234 m | 19.5 mi |
| Crawford Hill | NW 323° | 231 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Donwell | W 273° | 218 m | 9.7 mi |
| Town Common | WNW 295° | 216.71 m | 12.8 mi |
| Murray Hill | SSW 212° | 209 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 331° | 207 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:49 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dal-ftw Wscmo AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6993581303
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