Snowball
Snowball is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Bear Mountain stands 1,116 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is McKenzie Drift, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Cottage Grove Covered Bridge passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge
- 21.7 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
Named places within 25 miles
- McKenzie Drift: 0.4 mi
- Splashdam: 0.5 mi
- The Balancing Act: 1.2 mi
- Children's Ceramic Tile Mural: 1.2 mi
- Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Mural: 1.2 mi
- Royal Delle Park: 0.7 mi
- Guy Lee Park: 0.7 mi
- Kelly Butte Park Overlook: 0.7 mi
- Meadow Park: 0.7 mi
- Robin Park: 0.8 mi
- Kelly Butte: 0.7 mi
- Vitus Butte: 2.8 mi
- Moon Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Gillespie Butte: 3.3 mi
- Skinner Butte: 3.4 mi
- Eastgate Woodlands/Whilamut Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Walama Restoration Project Site: 1.7 mi
- Coryell Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Duck Island: 2.8 mi
- Weyerhaeuser McKenzie Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- SELCO Community Credit Union Garden: 1.8 mi
- GrassRoots Garden: 2.3 mi
- Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden: 2.3 mi
- Laurel Valley Educational Farm: 2.4 mi
- Hays Tree Garden: 2.5 mi
- Centennial Viewpoint: 0.7 mi
- Vietnam War: 1.3 mi
- Springfield Veterans' Memorial Plaza: 1.3 mi
- Willamette Heights Pillar: 1.7 mi
- Pre's Rock: 2.0 mi
- Springfield History Museum: 1.2 mi
- Eugene Science Center: 2.3 mi
- Museum of Natural and Cultural History: 2.5 mi
- Lane County Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
- Cascades Raptor Center: 5.9 mi
- Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 2.1 mi
- Living History Village: 2.1 mi
- Mim's House: 3.1 mi
- Nicolas Cage balcony: 4.0 mi
- Elijah Bristow Monument: 8.1 mi
- Spliff Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Franklin Perch: 2.0 mi
- Climbing Columns: 3.5 mi
- Lenon Hill: 6.9 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Northbound: 12.1 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Southbound: 12.1 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Southbound: 14.6 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Northbound: 14.8 mi
- Chicken Shack: 4.6 mi
- Signal Point Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Snowball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,116 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | ENE 68° | 991 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 12° | 961.6 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | NNE 11° | 954 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 18° | 881.5 m | 15.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 25° | 852.2 m | 12.3 mi |
| Prune Hill | SSE 164° | 809 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Zion | SE 136° | 797 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:50 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eugene-mahlon Sweet FLD, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6532214488
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