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The Ants

The Ants from directly overhead

The Ants is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,806 m. Mount Houghton stands 3,195 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Greenwood, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.34531, -120.17300

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Truckee River Regional Park: 1.2 mi
  • Community Arts Center: 1.2 mi
  • Trout Creek Pocket Park: 1.3 mi
  • Disc Golf Course: 1.3 mi
  • Truckee Bike Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Alder Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Prosser Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Boca Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Jackass Point: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • "Snowshoe" Thompson: 9.5 mi
  • The Big Tree: 12.2 mi
  • Wa-Pai-Shone: 21.8 mi
  • Art Indeed!: 22.5 mi
  • Sierra Memorial Art Space: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Gardens: 29
  • The Rose Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 21.9 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Hettich Garden: 23.3 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 23
  • Museum of Truckee History: 1.4 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 2.6 mi
  • Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Green Phantom Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 8.0 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 8.1 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 19.6 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Pass Creek Day Use Site: 22.2 mi
  • Pass Creek Day Use Site: 22.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Health Springs: 14.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of The Ants. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoughtonE 93°3,195 m12.5 mi
Relay PeakE 100°3,135 m12.3 mi
Rose Knob PeakESE 107°2,932 m12.0 mi
Rose KnobESE 110°2,922 m10.9 mi
Rifle PeakESE 112°2,892 m10.4 mi
Mount BaldyESE 116°2,826 m10.3 mi
Mount LolaWNW 301°2,788 m11.9 mi
Castle PeakW 278°2,773 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3519:5120:32
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1815:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404855636255463628
Precip in5.75.14.52.11.50.60.30.50.61.82.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Truckee RS, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1395330076

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