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Solar Totem #1

Solar Totem #1 from directly overhead

Solar Totem #1 is an artwork in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 362 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Blanket Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 9.8 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1967

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15002, -81.34382

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Pagoda: 0.0 mi
  • The Kent Four: 0.1 mi
  • Walking Together: 0.2 mi
  • Untitled: 0.2 mi
  • Crankshaft & Funky Winkerbean Exhibit: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Jeffery Miller Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • In Living Memory: 0.0 mi
  • Allison Krause Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • William Schroeder Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • May 4 Memorial: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Kent State Commons: 0.1 mi
  • Presidential Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Marion C. and William B. Risman Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Beck Family Memorial Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Student Green: 0.3 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Student Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Entry Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Bill Hicks Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • C. V. Riley Alumni Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Herrick Magnolia Gardens: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Attractions: 26
Picnic sites: 25
Peaks: 17
  • Blanket Hill: 0.0 mi
  • Coal Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Bacon Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Sherbondy Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Oak Hill: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Tip Top Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Mud Brook Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Hidden Crystal Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Crown Hill Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Dog Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Turkeyfoot Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Indian Spring: 4.5 mi
  • White Oak Spring: 11.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Solar Totem #1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafNE 36°423 m21.3 mi
Derthick HillNNE 33°409 m13.2 mi
Portage County high pointNE 41°408 m14.6 mi
Summit County high pointWNW 293°404 m17.8 mi
McConougheys HillN 7°399 m17.8 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointWNW 300°390 m20.5 mi
Bacon HillSSE 165°371 m10.5 mi
Welsh HillNNE 28°369 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:5420:2121:02
September equinox07:1418:4819:24
December solstice07:4816:1617:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475969727063514031
Precip in3.12.53.23.74.24.44.53.74.23.53.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ravenna 2 S, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2511062309

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