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Sugar aka Mama Shug

Sugar aka Mama Shug from directly overhead

Sugar aka Mama Shug is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Herring Cove Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off.

100% plastic marine debris collected by the CCS Beach Brigade at The Cape Cod National Seashore

What the record says

Built
2023
Material
plastic

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04416, -70.21647

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Pilgrim's First Landing Park: 1.1 mi
  • Motta Field: 1.5 mi
  • Jerome Smith Field: 1.5 mi
  • Bas Relief Park: 1.6 mi
  • Town Hall Grounds: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 32
Artworks: 27
  • stay: 0.3 mi
  • Wounded Warrior: 1.5 mi
  • Big Bird: 1.5 mi
  • Hearing Trumpet: 1.5 mi
  • Or As We So: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 10
Rest areas: 9
  • truck pull-off: 23.3 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 24.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnick Area: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Sugar aka Mama Shug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillSSE 155°165 m21.9 mi
Manomet HillWSW 247°114 m20.8 mi
Pine HillsWSW 249°95 m20.5 mi
Flagg HillWSW 245°64 m24.4 mi
Mountain HillSW 231°61 m22.5 mi
Signal HillS 175°60 m21.5 mi
Telegraph HillWSW 242°55 m21.6 mi
Hio HillSW 234°54 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3820:21
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0615:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12066544974

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