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Scan

Scan from directly overhead

Scan is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Vision, a artwork 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1990
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.41812, -122.08171
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Vision: 0.2 mi
  • Android: 0.2 mi
  • Android 5.x "Lollipop": 0.2 mi
  • Google Sign: 0.2 mi
  • Android 4.1-4.3 "Jelly Bean": 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Sculpture Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Charleston Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sierra Vista Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crittenden School Park: 0.6 mi
  • Vista Slope: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Soil&Water Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Senior Center Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Sister City Friendship rock garden: 2.0 mi
  • S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks
Beaches: 40
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 12
  • Spring source: 8.5 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.4 mi
  • McClure Spring: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.3 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.6 mi
  • Chab: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Scan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 183°985 m13.5 mi
Castle RockS 183°979 m13.1 mi
The PeakS 178°917 m13.8 mi
Lookout TowerS 187°892 m12.0 mi
Goat RockS 186°890 m13.2 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 177°880 m14.0 mi
Summit RockS 184°878 m12.3 mi
Varian PeakS 188°873 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6465926040

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