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The Pulse of Time Starts and Stops

The Pulse of Time Starts and Stops from directly overhead

The Pulse of Time Starts and Stops is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tenchi Nage (Heaven and Earth Throw), a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.3 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
steel
Getting there

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Coordinates39.30773, -76.62117

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Rutter's Mill Park: 0.1 mi
  • B & O Slope Park: 0.2 mi
  • Congressional Medal Of Honor Traffic Island: 0.2 mi
  • Pearlstone Park: 0.2 mi
  • Contee-Parago Traffic Island: 0.3 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions: 60
  • Pearson florist (where Bodie buys flowers): 0.3 mi
  • Shield of Baltimore City: 1.2 mi
  • Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 1.2 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Plaza: 1.2 mi
  • Fountain at Charles Center: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 28
  • Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Federal Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Bend Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Tank Hill: 5.5 mi
  • German Hill: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.7 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.8 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.9 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 8.8 mi
  • Old Quarry: 8.8 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Marble Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Pulse of Time Starts and Stops. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spook HillNNW 347°233 m23.2 mi
Ivy HillNNW 345°200 m10.8 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 344°191 m12.9 mi
Chestnut HillW 265°169 m9.4 mi
The BunkerNW 306°157 m17.5 mi
Abell RidgeN 355°155 m7.2 mi
Satyr HillNNE 32°151 m7.9 mi
Cherry HillNE 39°149 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586777827973615041
Precip in3.12.83.93.53.43.44.74.34.53.53.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6898611702

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