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Sun

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Sun is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Briar Hill stands 410 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hull Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Three-foot fiberglass sphere

The record

What the record says

Material
fiberglass
Visiting

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Coordinates44.75688, -85.61037
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hull Park: 0.0 mi
  • Children's Learning Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Kayak Launch Park: 0.3 mi
  • F & M Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jupiter Gardens: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 25
  • Dennos Museum Center: 1.2 mi
  • Music House Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Lake Ann Historical Society Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Guntzviller's Taxidermy and Spirit of the Woods Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Elk Rapids Area Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 24
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 19
  • World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 1.6 mi
  • The Cistern: 1.8 mi
  • Suspendend Overlook: 3.6 mi
  • Rope Swing: 5.4 mi
  • S-Curve: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • St. Francis A.D. 1887: 0.5 mi
  • Larry Cole Hardy: 0.6 mi
  • Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 1.9 mi
  • Northrup Grave: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Challengers Island Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Secret Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Koeze Stable Garden: 1.9 mi
Beaches: 12
  • West End Beach: 1.5 mi
  • North Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Haserot Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 15.5 mi
  • Public Access: 16.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Dodge Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Marl Springs: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillS 187°410 m25.0 mi
Exodus HillW 278°370 m4.9 mi
Gallagher HillWNW 285°355 m5.9 mi
Varney HillW 276°337 m13.3 mi
Champion HillWSW 249°337 m22.0 mi
Twin MountainsSSW 214°332 m16.7 mi
Warner HillW 271°331 m13.1 mi
Pierce HillSSW 203°322 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1619:55
June solstice05:5720:4821:33
September equinox07:3019:0319:42
December solstice08:1816:1717:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222230415464696860483727
Precip in2.72.02.13.43.42.92.83.23.64.13.22.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12741667692

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