Sunbird
Sunbird is an artwork in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Big Ditney Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Screaming Eagle, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1977
- Height
- 3.7 m
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Southern Indiana
How to reach it
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Burdette Park: 2.1 mi
- Burdette Park: 2.3 mi
- Burdette Park Youth Baseball: 2.5 mi
- Howell Wetlands: 3.3 mi
- Howell Park: 3.4 mi
- Screaming Eagle: 0.1 mi
- From Our Past Toward Our Future: 0.2 mi
- Tequila Sunrise: 0.2 mi
- Bent Twig: 0.3 mi
- 1937 Flood: 5.2 mi
- Joseph E. O'Daniel: 0.2 mi
- Joseph E. O'Daniel: 0.2 mi
- Sarah M. Puckett: 0.3 mi
- Elizabeth Rose Seng: 0.4 mi
- Anthony "Tony" Russ: 0.6 mi
- Evansville Museum: 5.6 mi
- Reitz Home Museum: 5.7 mi
- Children's Museum of Evansville: 5.8 mi
- Evansville African American Museum: 6.5 mi
- Angel Mounds State Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Mound H: 11.8 mi
- Mound F: 11.9 mi
- Mound E: 12.0 mi
- Mound C: 12.0 mi
- Mound A: 12.1 mi
- Eagle Slough Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- John James Audubon Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Audubon Mill Park: 9.6 mi
- Audubon Mill Park: 9.6 mi
- Family Garden: 4.5 mi
- Toyota Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
- SWIMGA Master Garden: 9.3 mi
- Water Street Memorial Garden: 14.5 mi
- Harmonist Garden: 18.3 mi
- Gilmore Haynie's Monkey Ship: 4.6 mi
- USS LST-325: 5.2 mi
- Four Freedom's Monument: 5.5 mi
- Labrynth: 17.9 mi
- Brewery Hill: 16.9 mi
- Meadow Bank: 23.6 mi
- Scuffletown: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunbird. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ditney Hill | NE 55° | 193 m | 20.5 mi |
| Little Ditney Hill | NE 53° | 149 m | 16.5 mi |
| Lost Hill | NE 43° | 132 m | 20.8 mi |
| Aldrich Mound | WNW 286° | 113 m | 20.3 mi |
| Thompson Mound | WNW 285° | 107 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:54 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 48 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evansville Museum, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1477025535
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