Sun Lion
Sun Lion is an artwork in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Burks Mountain stands 142 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Book Bench- A Novel Idea, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Augusta Technical College Foundation: 0.3 mi
- Augusta-Richmond County Municipal Building: 0.4 mi
- Augusta Common Park: 0.4 mi
- James Brown Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Courthouse Square and Old Government House: 0.5 mi
- Colonial Fort Augusta Stone: 0.1 mi
- Rutherford Brickyard: 0.2 mi
- The First Academy of Richmond County: 0.3 mi
- Signers' Monument: 0.3 mi
- The Mayham Tower: 0.3 mi
- Book Bench- A Novel Idea: 0.1 mi
- What's In The Queue?: 0.1 mi
- Ruthless: 0.1 mi
- Rise: 0.1 mi
- Hurrying Home: 0.2 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 0.1 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 0.4 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 1.4 mi
- Aiken County Historical Museum: 14.5 mi
- Japanese pocket garden: 0.5 mi
- Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 1.7 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 1.7 mi
- The Terrace: 4.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.3 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 0.3 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 0.4 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 0.4 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 1.0 mi
- Amen Corner: 3.9 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 3.7 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Silver Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Barney Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Lower Silver Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Poverty Hill: 6.8 mi
- Whites Mound: 12.1 mi
- Rhodes Mound: 15.7 mi
- Carey Hill: 16.0 mi
- Burks Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Hamburg: 0.7 mi
- New Savannah: 7.2 mi
- Ellenton: 22.4 mi
- Willie Barton's Spring: 13.2 mi
- Bebbington Springs: 13.7 mi
- Coker Springs: 14.4 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 6.0 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sun Lion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burks Mountain | WNW 304° | 142 m | 17.9 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNW 333° | 130 m | 6.8 mi |
| Carey Hill | NNW 327° | 120 m | 16.0 mi |
| Rhodes Mound | SSE 160° | 34 m | 15.7 mi |
| Whites Mound | SSE 164° | 33 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Daniel FLD AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11182052385
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