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ROC City Wheat

ROC City Wheat from directly overhead

ROC City Wheat is an artwork in New York, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rochester Contemporary Art Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016-12-02
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.15791, -77.59746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Midtown Parcel 5: 0.4 mi
  • Midtown Commons: 0.4 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 0.4 mi
  • Schiller Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 28
Gardens: 19
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 0.7 mi
  • High Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Middle Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Norton’s Falls: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Windsor Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Hamlin Beach: 23.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of ROC City Wheat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSSE 155°358 m20.6 mi
Jakman HillS 187°357 m22.1 mi
Hopper HillsSSE 158°335 m15.8 mi
Allens HillS 170°317 m22.5 mi
Woodchuck HillS 169°297 m19.1 mi
Taft HillSSE 167°287 m19.9 mi
Baker HillSE 134°282 m12.2 mi
College HillS 183°267 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:23
June solstice05:3120:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3219:10
December solstice07:4015:5216:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475968727164524232
Precip in2.52.12.53.02.93.43.63.33.23.22.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13157367158

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