Sound Dishes
Sound Dishes is an artwork in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bradenton Riverwalk, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Two vertical stainless steel dishes create an acoustic space for reflecting and focusing sound. Participants can generate sound waves by clapping and stop them with a wave of the hand.
How to reach it
- On the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 4.2 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 8.2 mi off the BRADENTON BEACH HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Mound · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bradenton Riverwalk: 0.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.8 mi
- Palmetto Estuary Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Manatee Mineral Springs Park: 1.2 mi
- Lamb Park: 1.3 mi
- Big Eyes Big Ears: 0.1 mi
- Open Heart Icon: 0.4 mi
- Chrysalis Launcher: 0.7 mi
- Totally Tubular Lawyer: 4.7 mi
- The Four Winds: 7.9 mi
- Bishop Planetarium: 0.2 mi
- The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature: 0.2 mi
- Hernando De Soto Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Manatee County Agricultural Museum: 1.3 mi
- Florida Maritime Museum: 7.2 mi
- Emergency Services Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Braden Castle Ruins: 2.4 mi
- Sundial: 3.0 mi
- Daughters Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Cross: 4.8 mi
- Seven Pines: 6.0 mi
- Manatee County Beach: 8.9 mi
- Indian Beach: 9.4 mi
- East Beach: 12.1 mi
- East Beach: 12.4 mi
- Secret Garden: 8.0 mi
- Mabel Ringling's Rose Garden: 8.1 mi
- Drawf Garden: 8.1 mi
- Merchants Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Sarasota Garden Club: 11.0 mi
- Neal Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Quick Point Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Camp Bayou Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Manatee County Fair: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Park: 2.0 mi
- Linder Turf and Tractor: 4.1 mi
- Passage Key Dolphin Tours: 8.2 mi
- Public Beach Access Point: 9.4 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Bench: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 5.6 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 4.1 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 13.1 mi
- Caloosa Indian Mound: 23.4 mi
- Gulf City: 15.7 mi
- Willow: 16.8 mi
- Weedon Island: 24.0 mi
- Manatee Mineral Spring: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 4.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sound Dishes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | NNE 13° | 7 m | 13.1 mi |
| Caloosa Indian Mound | SE 127° | 6 m | 23.4 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | WNW 302° | 1 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:55 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:06 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 62 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 69 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradenton 5 ESE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2270637387
Day trips start here
- Saint Petersburg · 20 mi
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