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The Golden Beacon

The Golden Beacon from directly overhead

The Golden Beacon is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 29 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

This is a 30 foot high architectural model of a 1956 design by Frank Lloyd Wright for a 56 storey tower proposed for Chicago but never built. Constructed from sheet aluminum, finer architectural details, such as windows and floor levels, are not modeled.

The record

What the record says

Height
30'
Material
aluminium
Getting there

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Coordinates42.31818, -83.68329
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sundial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sugarbush Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kilburn Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sugarbush Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sugarbush Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites: 57
Gardens: 45
  • The Labyrinth: 1.5 mi
  • Bonsai and Penjing Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Medicinal Plant Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Marie Azary Rock Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Commons: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.4 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Museums: 36
Peaks: 21
  • Prospect Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 13.6 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 13.9 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 16.4 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 16.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Maple Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 4.2 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 337°405 m16.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 338°399 m16.6 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 12°351 m21.3 mi
Mount OmichNNE 13°347 m22.1 mi
Cassidy KameW 277°344 m20.5 mi
Teeple HillNNE 17°336 m22.7 mi
Peak 1083NNE 17°330 m22.7 mi
Big KameW 280°328 m21.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13471630434

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