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Taking Stalk

Taking Stalk from directly overhead

Taking Stalk is an artwork in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Clarks Mound stands 196 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Stratton Quadrangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

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Coordinates38.79263, -89.99759

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stratton Quadrangle: 0.0 mi
  • SIUE Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Township Park: 1.9 mi
  • Watershed Nature Center: 2.0 mi
  • Hoppe Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • The Rock: 0.0 mi
  • Big Red e Sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • SIUE Weather Vane: 0.1 mi
  • Kinetic Sculpture: 0.2 mi
  • The Age of the Extinguished: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 58
Museums: 55
  • Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center: 2.2 mi
  • Madison County Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
  • 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House: 2.6 mi
  • Edwardsville Children's Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Glen Carbon Heritage Museum: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 30
Nature reserves: 18
Picnic sites: 18
Peaks: 14
  • Fox Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Browns Mound: 7.9 mi
  • Monks Mound: 9.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 10.9 mi
  • Neudeckers Mountain: 11.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bellefontaine Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Oak Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Cabanne Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Headwaters: 18.7 mi
  • Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Beaver Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Creek Trek Waterfall: 15.3 mi
  • Wise Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Deer Lake Riffles: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clarks MoundSSW 195°196 m15.3 mi
Turkey HillSSE 167°185 m22.9 mi
Fox HillS 185°182 m6.1 mi
Browns MoundSE 141°174 m7.9 mi
Neudeckers MountainE 91°171 m11.0 mi
Berger HillSE 134°171 m18.0 mi
Art HillWSW 237°165 m19.2 mi
Government HillSW 235°163 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2418:59
December solstice07:1516:0016:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544566675787770584535
Precip in2.52.53.54.95.53.43.93.33.42.93.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton - Melvin Price L&D, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9928058754

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