- Elevation, modelled
- 5 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sandy Island18 m · 5.0 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:30local time
- Coordinates
- 33.5189, -79.0975
Samson and the Lion is a artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled 5 m. Sandy Island stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmetto Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Built
- 1949
- Material
- marble
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Samson and the Lion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Island | NNW 347° | 18 m | 5.0 mi |
| High Hill | NNW 329° | 12 m | 13.1 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
- Gretchen's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Alligator Bender: 0.1 mi
- Rosen Carolina Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Boat Dock and Creek Cruise: 0.2 mi
- Viewing Platform: 0.2 mi
- Huntington Beach State Park: 2.4 mi
- Morse Landing Park: 3.1 mi
- Murrells Inlet Historic District: 3.8 mi
- Stables Park: 3.8 mi
- Wachesaw Park: 4.4 mi
- North Litchfield Beach: 2.3 mi
- Huntington Beach: 2.4 mi
- Litchfield Beach: 4.2 mi
- Litchfield Beach: 4.3 mi
- Garden City Beach: 5.2 mi
- Lost at Sea Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Surfer Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Hobcaw Barony Nature Center: 13.0 mi
- Hobcaw Barony: 13.1 mi
- The Visionaries: 0.0 mi
- Fountain of the Muses: 0.0 mi
- Diana of the Chase: 0.1 mi
- Dionysus: 0.1 mi
- Pegasus: 0.1 mi
- Offner Sculpture Center: 0.1 mi
- Rainey Sculpture Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- Brown Sculpture Court: 0.1 mi
- Campbell Center for American Sculpture: 0.6 mi
- Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum: 14.1 mi
- Palmetto Garden: 0.0 mi
- Caroline's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Poetry Garden: 0.1 mi
- Brookgreen Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Heather Elvis Memorial Garden: 12.4 mi
- Sandy Island: 5.0 mi
- High Hill: 13.1 mi
- Air Force Hill: 13.6 mi
- Ransoms Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Savannah Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Public Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center: 21.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:54 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:35 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookgreen Gardens, under a mile away.
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