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Retro Tree

Retro Tree from directly overhead

Retro Tree is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Potato Hill stands 218 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinetic Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 9.8 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.51631, -90.01784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cambridge Park: 0.9 mi
  • West End Public Square: 1.1 mi
  • West End Public Square: 1.1 mi
  • Pleasant Hill Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois: 2.1 mi
  • Transportation Plaza: 8.3 mi
  • Historic Scott Gate: 8.5 mi
  • Airlifter's Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • O'Fallon Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 53
Peaks: 19
  • Clarks Mound: 5.2 mi
  • Mt Millstadt: 5.5 mi
  • Turkey Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 9.2 mi
  • Monks Mound: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Picnic sites: 18
Springs: 6
  • Falling Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Headwaters: 13.7 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 14.9 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Webster Retention Pond Seep: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Wise Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Stone Arch: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potato HillSW 223°218 m22.3 mi
Clarks MoundNNW 327°196 m5.2 mi
Turkey HillESE 117°185 m7.1 mi
Fox HillN 2°182 m13.1 mi
Browns MoundNNE 25°174 m14.3 mi
Berger HillENE 65°171 m15.5 mi
Neudeckers MountainNNE 33°171 m22.4 mi
Haubers HillSE 134°166 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3719:4920:28
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1516:0116:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746576775797769584636
Precip in2.52.03.34.54.84.43.73.73.43.13.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia ST Louis Dwtn AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10114540012

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