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Spider Sculpture

Spider Sculpture from directly overhead

Spider Sculpture is an artwork in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Silver City Dome stands 342 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Humanity House Community Garden, a garden 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 72 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates37.90618, -95.39251

44 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • East Iola Park: 0.7 mi
  • Elm Creek Park South: 0.8 mi
  • Colborn Park: 1.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 1.4 mi
  • Meadowbrook Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Ghost Beacon Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Rose Dome: 19.3 mi
  • Dewey Mound: 23.3 mi
  • Long Mound: 24.0 mi
  • Silver City Dome: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Humanity House Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Wayne Garrett Children's Garden: 1.6 mi
Museums: 2
  • Allen County Historical Society: 1.3 mi
  • Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Opothleyahola Memorial: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bourbon Falls: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver City DomeWSW 244°342 m24.3 mi
Rose DomeWSW 243°323 m19.3 mi
Long MoundSSW 196°316 m24.0 mi
Dewey MoundSSW 203°299 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:34
June solstice06:0020:0920:48
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:3416:2517:06

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313646566575797769584534
Precip in1.31.62.64.45.85.44.74.04.43.62.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iola 1 W, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13892829543

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