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Square Root

Square Root from directly overhead

Square Root is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. The Mound stands 221 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallace Triangle, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41111, -86.88406

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highland Park: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
  • SIA South Tipp Park: 0.5 mi
  • Stockton Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 22
Nature reserves: 22
Ghost towns: 18
Museums: 12
  • The Haan Museum of Indiana Art: 0.1 mi
  • Art Museum of Lafayette: 0.4 mi
  • Tippecanoe County Historical Association: 0.4 mi
  • Five Points Fire Station Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Red Crown Mini-Museum: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Captured Spanish Cannon: 4.3 mi
  • Shadeland School: 5.4 mi
  • Footprints in History: 6.5 mi
  • Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Granville: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Warner Shelter: 5.4 mi
  • Raisor Shelter: 5.4 mi
  • Newell Shelter: 5.4 mi
  • Moser Shelter: 5.5 mi
  • Osco Shelter: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Wallace Triangle: 0.0 mi
  • Children's Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Clegg Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Colfax Library Memorial Garden: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Monster Mini: 3.3 mi
  • Exploration Acres: 8.3 mi
  • Adams Mill: 20.3 mi
Peaks: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 NB: 22.0 mi
  • Wolcott Rest Area - I-65 SB: 22.0 mi
  • Lebanon Rest Area - I65 SB: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Williamsport Falls: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundE 101°221 m7.6 mi
Copeland HillWSW 259°206 m23.5 mi
Hog Back HillW 259°204 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:2420:00
June solstice06:1820:4121:22
September equinox07:3619:1119:46
December solstice08:0816:4117:25

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040516271747266544131
Precip in2.21.82.73.84.04.64.13.12.62.92.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lafayette Purdue Univ AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5286327524

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