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The GBHS Bear

The GBHS Bear from directly overhead

The GBHS Bear is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Shoemaker Hill stands 930 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ronald L. Feist Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
concrete
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Coordinates38.73198, -121.21319
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ronald L. Feist Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hillsborough Park: 0.6 mi
  • Greyhawk Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Treelake Terrace Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ray E. Lockridge Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Volcano Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Nedbelle Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Thunder hill: 5.7 mi
Museums: 42
Historic sites: 42
Attractions: 38
Artworks: 35
Gardens: 30
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 0.4 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Border Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Yermol Memorial: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 18
  • Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 3.0 mi
  • Natomas Station Wildlife Area: 5.7 mi
  • Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 5.9 mi
  • Wesley Reserve: 6.8 mi
  • Mahany Nature Reserve: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 8
  • Laurel Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 5.3 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 11.7 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Leete Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 4.9 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 5.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of The GBHS Bear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shoemaker HillENE 64°930 m24.3 mi
Mameluke HillENE 58°822 m23.6 mi
Cement HillNE 53°785 m24.2 mi
Round HillENE 74°775 m23.9 mi
Spanish HillENE 73°760 m22.5 mi
Negro HillE 86°751 m24.0 mi
Bald HillENE 63°750 m21.8 mi
Coyote HillNNE 29°737 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5420:34
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2016:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10789130034

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