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Scientist He Weighed The Stars

Scientist He Weighed The Stars from directly overhead

Scientist He Weighed The Stars is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Laborer He Wrought Miracles, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 7.6 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
granite

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.97463, -75.19149

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Glendinning Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Clayborn and Lewis Playground: 0.4 mi
  • 30th & Jefferson Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Miles Mack Playground: 0.5 mi
  • 33rd & Wallace Playground: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Mantua Peace Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Brewerytown Garden: 0.6 mi
  • East Park Revitalization Alliance Cowboy Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Anne d'Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 36
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.5 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Lemon Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Fairmount: 0.8 mi
  • Georges Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 7.6 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 293°188 m18.2 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 298°176 m16.9 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 19°158 m24.9 mi
Spring MountainNW 326°151 m24.5 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 241°137 m19.8 mi
Chestnut HillN 353°136 m7.2 mi
Hunting HillW 266°125 m13.7 mi
Osborne HillW 261°113 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6630334200

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