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Sentinels

Sentinels from directly overhead

Sentinels is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Mount Sykes stands 614 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cow & The Cat, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Silver Falls passes 6.2 miles off.

Honors the people who helped the art association get to today. A contemporary piece featuring three components of varying heights made out of structural steel. They look to the future and represent those who have passed the baton over a hundred years.

The record

What the record says

Built
2019-09-06
Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.93059, -123.03919

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pringle Park: 0.2 mi
  • SAIF Salem Campus Park: 0.4 mi
  • Deepwood Estate: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Race Beautification: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Race Beautification: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Chapman Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Grice Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Zosel Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Wallace Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Illahe Hill: 3.9 mi
Museums: 27
Nature reserves: 24
Artworks: 22
Historic sites: 19
  • Chinook Salmon: 0.4 mi
  • 1245 Mill Street Section Houses: 0.6 mi
  • E. M. Waite Memorial Fountain: 0.7 mi
  • Oregon World War II Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Moon Tree: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 0.7 mi
  • Blue Car Wreck: 2.2 mi
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 7.7 mi
  • Steam Sawmill: 9.0 mi
  • Mushroom House: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 10.3 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 10.5 mi
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 10.5 mi
  • Number 2: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Giesy Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Sulfer Springs: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Sentinels. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SykesWSW 256°614 m23.0 mi
Mount BrownW 263°591 m21.9 mi
Forest PeakSW 218°572.1 m22.0 mi
High HillENE 75°568 m24.0 mi
McCully MountainESE 120°513 m23.6 mi
BlacktailESE 111°491 m19.0 mi
Silverton HillsE 86°461 m17.6 mi
Rogers MountainSE 139°438.912 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515863696964544641
Precip in6.14.54.33.12.21.30.30.41.53.55.97.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem AP (mcnary Field), 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11357200952

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