- Elevation, modelled
- 371 m
- Tallest summit within 21.4 miles
- Little Flat738 m · 6.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- High Plateau Scenic Byway17.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:47local time
- Coordinates
- 40.8005, -77.8671
Six Bends III is a artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled 371 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sculpture Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Six Bends III. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | ESE 120° | 738 m | 6.8 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 113° | 733 m | 9.8 mi |
| Big Flat | SE 142° | 732 m | 6.9 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SE 141° | 726 m | 10.6 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 127° | 717 m | 9.3 mi |
| Broad Mountain | ESE 114° | 716 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 343° | 713 m | 10.7 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 129° | 711 m | 12.6 mi |
- 17.6 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Pure Food Laws: 0.2 mi
- Faculty Cottages: 0.3 mi
- Science Technology and Society: 0.3 mi
- Atom First "Seen": 0.3 mi
- Old Botany: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Foundry Park: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
- Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.6 mi
- Upper Intramural Fields: 0.6 mi
- Blue Band Practice IM Fields: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Mount Nittany: 3.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.6 mi
- Rudy Ridge: 5.8 mi
- Sand Knob: 6.2 mi
- Little Flat: 6.8 mi
Museums: 32
Springs: 31
- Thompson Spring: 1.0 mi
- Walnut Spring: 1.4 mi
- Bathgate Spring: 1.7 mi
- Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.0 mi
- Blue Spring: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 23
- Lion Shrine: 0.3 mi
- Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center: 0.9 mi
- Mill Wheel: 1.2 mi
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Columbus Chapel: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 22
- Man in the Woods: 0.1 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 0.3 mi
- Joel N. Meyers Sundial: 0.4 mi
- Old Main Sundial: 0.4 mi
- Bison: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Haugh Family Farm Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 3.8 mi
Gardens: 12
- Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Bee and Pollinator Garden: 0.4 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 0.5 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
- Tudek Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
- The Rock: 4.2 mi
- Buck Point: 12.7 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 13.4 mi
- Donation Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Hunter Rock: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 7.4 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 24.1 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
- Black Moshannon Beach: 12.9 mi
- Kish park beach access: 20.2 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.
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