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Saturn

Saturn from directly overhead

Saturn is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Briar Hill stands 410 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Jupiter, a artwork 0.5 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Three-foot fiberglass sphere

What the record says

Material
fiberglass

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.75377, -85.58971

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 25
  • Dennos Museum Center: 0.8 mi
  • Music House Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
Peaks: 25
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 19
  • World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 2.1 mi
  • The Cistern: 2.8 mi
  • Suspendend Overlook: 3.7 mi
  • Rope Swing: 5.4 mi
  • S-Curve: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Larry Cole Hardy: 1.5 mi
  • St. Francis A.D. 1887: 1.6 mi
  • Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 2.8 mi
  • Northrup Grave: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Challengers Island Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Secret Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Koeze Stable Garden: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 11
  • West End Beach: 2.5 mi
  • North Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 14.7 mi
  • Haserot Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Public Access: 15.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Dodge Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Marl Springs: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillS 189°410 m24.9 mi
Exodus HillW 279°370 m5.9 mi
Twentyone HillESE 121°358 m24.8 mi
Gallagher HillWNW 284°355 m7.0 mi
Varney HillW 277°337 m14.3 mi
Champion HillWSW 251°337 m22.8 mi
Twin MountainsSW 217°332 m17.2 mi
Warner HillW 272°331 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1619:55
June solstice05:5720:4721:32
September equinox07:3019:0319:42
December solstice08:1716:1717:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232432435566706962503929
Precip in1.71.01.62.82.82.62.73.03.43.62.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse CY Cherry Capital AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12741667695

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