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Route 66 Rising

Route 66 Rising from directly overhead

Route 66 Rising is an artwork in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Pine Hill stands 317 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Boeing Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2018-12-04
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.16070, -95.86884
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boeing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Loving Park: 0.6 mi
  • Norvell Park: 1.3 mi
  • VGT Employee Playground: 1.7 mi
  • Tulsa International Airport South Observation Area: 1.8 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Morning Mission: 2.3 mi
  • Globe: 4.1 mi
  • OU Buffalo: 5.1 mi
  • OU Penguin: 5.2 mi
  • Games Along the Way: 6.0 mi
Museums: 28
Peaks: 23
  • Goat Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Shadow Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Indian Hills: 5.9 mi
  • Hooper Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Round Mountain: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Golden Driller: 3.9 mi
  • Kendall Bell: 4.4 mi
  • Oklahoma Walk of Fame: 5.0 mi
  • Tulsa Firefighter's Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Crybaby Hill: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Macaw Landing Grille Outdoor Seating: 4.1 mi
  • 21st Street Plaza: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.9 mi
  • 41st Street Plaza: 7.5 mi
  • 56th Street Plaza: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Forgotten Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Stump Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Cub Scout Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Disease Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Troop Wall: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 11
  • Cottonwood Lawn & Theater: 6.8 mi
  • Graves Garden for the Arts: 6.9 mi
  • Ramble Sensory Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Williams Mist Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Pine Valley: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Willow Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Tall Chief Cove Beach: 17.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Natural Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Weer Spring: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bixhoma Falls: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Route 66 Rising. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillWSW 248°317 m23.1 mi
Holmes PeakWNW 288°314 m10.6 mi
Conjada MountainsSSE 162°295 m19.3 mi
Concharty MountainS 170°289 m22.2 mi
Twin MoundsSSW 209°282 m18.2 mi
Lookout MountainWSW 251°277 m9.2 mi
Reservoir HillWNW 285°268 m7.6 mi
Indian HillsE 82°265 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:0720:0720:45
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:3216:3317:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394352617079838274625041
Precip in1.61.63.14.45.74.73.83.43.93.82.72.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6585632141

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