Taking Flight
Taking Flight is an artwork in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sand Hill stands 5 m to the south-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Raymond Lutgert Beach Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Remembering Pa Pa Sid He loved his family, his country, and this beach. "Taking Flight" David H. Turner Sculptor
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Raymond Lutgert Beach Park: 0.0 mi
- Vedado Way Park: 0.7 mi
- Seagate Beach Club: 0.8 mi
- Sea Gate Park: 1.0 mi
- Putter Point Park: 1.4 mi
- Aspiration: 0.1 mi
- Human Race: 0.1 mi
- Transitions: 0.1 mi
- Prelude: 0.2 mi
- Genesis: 0.9 mi
- Horizon Way Beach: 0.5 mi
- Park Shore Beach: 0.6 mi
- Vedado Way Beach: 0.7 mi
- Via Miramar Beach: 1.3 mi
- Clam Pass Beach: 1.4 mi
- Capybara & Agouti: 2.4 mi
- Coyote: 2.4 mi
- Tamarin: 2.4 mi
- Bornean Orangutan: 2.4 mi
- Ground Hornbill: 2.4 mi
- Joyce & George Kempton Garden: 1.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden Area: 2.3 mi
- Wilson Garden: 3.8 mi
- Smith Education Garden: 3.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.7 mi
- The Naples Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Wet Woods Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Smith Uplands Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hammock Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Pine Lake Preserve: 10.8 mi
- The Baker Museum: 1.5 mi
- Revs Institute, Inc.: 3.4 mi
- Naples Depot Museum: 4.0 mi
- Naples Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Collier County Museum: 5.8 mi
- Lager Head: 2.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans of America Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 4.0 mi
- You Are Not Forgotten: 4.0 mi
- Koreshan Laundry: 16.4 mi
- Rodgers Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Nine & Steve Iser Waterfall: 6.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 9.9 mi
- Blue Hill: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Taking Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | SSE 159° | 5 m | 9.9 mi |
| Blue Hill | SSE 153° | 0 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:09 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 19:50 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 17:07 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 65 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 68 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Naples Muni AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11065672004
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