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The Red Wave

The Red Wave from directly overhead

The Red Wave is an artwork in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,867 m. Saddleback Mountain stands 2,416 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Cheyenne Community Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

What the record says

Material
steel

How to reach it

Coordinates41.17516, -104.77232

142 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • North Cheyenne Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Highlands Park: 0.6 mi
  • Highlands Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cahill Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cheyenne Parks Forestry facility: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 41
Peaks: 15
Gardens: 8
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Soapstone Prairie Natural Area: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleback MountainWSW 253°2,416 m23.5 mi
Mesa MountainWNW 286°2,318 m23.7 mi
Table MountainWNW 281°2,301 m22.4 mi
BM AS-P41SW 234°2,179 m24.1 mi
Terry AnticlineSSW 205°1,967 m11.9 mi
Terry PeakSSW 207°1,962 m11.6 mi
Stevenson HillWNW 290°1,943 m5.6 mi
Round TopW 278°1,937 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2719:5420:36
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2215:5016:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293037435263706860473629
Precip in0.40.51.01.82.42.22.11.51.51.00.60.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7778709793

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