The Obelisk
The Obelisk is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 355 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Olympic Wannabes, a artwork 0.1 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the High Plateau Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- President Atherton: 0.1 mi
- Old Botany: 0.1 mi
- Old Main: 0.1 mi
- Science Technology and Society: 0.1 mi
- Lt. Michael P. Murphy Penn State Veterans Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Foundry Park: 0.1 mi
- Sidney Friedman Park: 0.3 mi
- East Fairmount Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.9 mi
- Park Ave Lower Intramural Fields: 0.9 mi
- Mount Nittany: 3.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.2 mi
- Rudy Ridge: 5.5 mi
- Sand Knob: 5.8 mi
- Little Flat: 6.4 mi
- EMS Museum and Art Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium: 0.2 mi
- Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum: 0.3 mi
- Matson Museum of Anthropology: 0.4 mi
- The Frost Entomological Museum: 0.5 mi
- Thompson Spring: 1.0 mi
- Walnut Spring: 1.2 mi
- Bathgate Spring: 1.8 mi
- Windy Hill Farms Spring: 2.6 mi
- Blue Spring: 3.6 mi
- Lion Shrine: 0.3 mi
- Mill Wheel: 0.9 mi
- Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center: 1.3 mi
- Millbrook Marsh Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Columbus Chapel: 3.5 mi
- Olympic Wannabes: 0.1 mi
- Old Main Sundial: 0.1 mi
- Centennial Piglet Statue: 0.2 mi
- Man in the Woods: 0.3 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 0.3 mi
- Thompson Woods Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Patton Woods Nature Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Stony Batter Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Haugh Family Farm Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Schreyer Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 0.4 mi
- Bee and Pollinator Garden: 0.7 mi
- Penn State Community Garden Pollinator Garden: 1.3 mi
- Tudek Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Rock: 4.4 mi
- Buck Point: 13.1 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 13.1 mi
- Donation Rocks: 16.0 mi
- Hunter Rock: 17.1 mi
- Picnic Spot- Christian Fellowship Church: 7.6 mi
- Pine Hill Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Longfellow Vista: 23.7 mi
- Karl Guss Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Black Moshannon Beach: 13.2 mi
- Kish park beach access: 19.9 mi
- Beach access to Kish Creek: 20.7 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.9 mi
- Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of The Obelisk. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Flat | ESE 118° | 738 m | 6.4 mi |
| Thickhead Mountain | ESE 111° | 733 m | 9.5 mi |
| Big Flat | SE 141° | 732 m | 6.5 mi |
| Broad Mountain | SE 140° | 726 m | 10.2 mi |
| Grass Mountain | SE 126° | 717 m | 8.9 mi |
| Broad Mountain | ESE 113° | 716 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bear Knob | NNW 343° | 713 m | 11.1 mi |
| Milligans Knob | SE 128° | 711 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State College, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/65370621
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