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the light which can be heard...

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the light which can be heard... is an artwork in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenneth W. Berger Hearing Aid Museum and Archives, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 10 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2010

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15224, -81.34061

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Kim LaForet Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Grateful Acknowledgment: 0.2 mi
  • Sandra Scheuer Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Allison Krause Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • William Schroeder Memorial: 0.2 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Kent State Commons: 0.2 mi
  • Presidential Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Beck Family Memorial Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Marion C. and William B. Risman Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Student Green: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Gardens: 43
  • Student Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • C. V. Riley Alumni Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Herrick Magnolia Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Bill Hicks Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Entry Garden: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 27
Picnic sites: 25
Peaks: 17
  • Blanket Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Coal Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Bacon Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Sherbondy Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Oak Hill: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Tip Top Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Mud Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Hidden Crystal Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Crown Hill Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Dog Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Turkeyfoot Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Punderson Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Indian Spring: 4.7 mi
  • White Oak Spring: 11.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of the light which can be heard.... Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafNE 36°423 m21.1 mi
Derthick HillNNE 33°409 m13.0 mi
Portage County high pointNE 41°408 m14.3 mi
Summit County high pointWNW 292°404 m17.9 mi
McConougheys HillN 7°399 m17.6 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointWNW 300°390 m20.6 mi
Bacon HillSSE 166°371 m10.6 mi
Welsh HillNNE 28°369 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:5420:2121:02
September equinox07:1318:4819:24
December solstice07:4816:1617:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475969727063514031
Precip in3.12.53.23.74.24.44.53.74.23.53.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ravenna 2 S, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4218896118

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