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The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away from directly overhead

The One That Got Away is an artwork in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is New College Food Forest, a park 0.3 miles away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 0.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

1998 (concrete, paint)

How to reach it

Coordinates27.37611, -82.56373

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • New College Food Forest: 0.3 mi
  • Native Restoration Area: 0.6 mi
  • Water Tower Park: 0.8 mi
  • MLK: 1.6 mi
  • Orange Avenue Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 34
Museums: 26
Attractions: 25
  • Public Beach Access Point: 4.3 mi
  • Linder Turf and Tractor: 4.8 mi
  • Passage Key Dolphin Tours: 9.2 mi
  • Manatee County Fair: 10.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 17
  • Quick Point Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Red Bug Slough Preserve: 7.3 mi
  • Red Bug Slough Preserve: 7.7 mi
  • Neal Preserve: 11.0 mi
  • Historic Spanish Point: 12.5 mi
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 13
Picnic sites: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Portavant Indian Mound: 11.4 mi
  • Caloosa Indian Mound: 19.2 mi
  • Big Cockroach Mound: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Manatee Mineral Spring: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cockroach MoundN 7°7 m21.5 mi
Caloosa Indian MoundESE 107°6 m19.2 mi
Portavant Indian MoundNNW 340°1 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3719:5520:29
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1717:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F626568737882838382777065
Precip in2.81.92.92.52.67.17.49.16.02.81.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sarasota Bradenton AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1479224950

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