The Snake
The Snake is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 762 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Grin, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
Tall sculpture composed of separate steel elements welded together on a flat base.
What the record says
- Built
- 1989
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fernville Family Park: 0.6 mi
- Bloomsburg Town Park: 1.0 mi
- Bloomsburg Town Park: 1.2 mi
- Streater Park: 1.9 mi
- Scott Township Schools Park: 2.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 0.9 mi
- Summer Hill: 5.3 mi
- Full Mill Hill: 6.3 mi
- Round Top: 7.0 mi
- Knob Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Bloomsburg University Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Bloomsburg Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Bloomsburg Fair: 1.2 mi
- Scenic Skyway: 9.1 mi
- Sky Slide: 9.1 mi
- Bloomsburg Town Park Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Fort McClure House: 1.5 mi
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic School: 14.0 mi
- Diamondtown Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Big Falls: 22.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 23.1 mi
- Murray Reynolds Falls: 23.3 mi
- Lewis Falls: 23.4 mi
- Big Run Falls: 23.4 mi
- The Grin: 0.1 mi
- Two Elongated Forms: 0.1 mi
- Husky: 0.1 mi
- Tonal Sculptures: 0.2 mi
- Tonal Sculptures: 0.2 mi
- Bartlow Prototype Dealership Building: 8.9 mi
- Boyd House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Montour County Historical Society: 9.1 mi
- Knoebels Carousel Museum: 9.2 mi
- Knoebels History Museum: 9.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 55: 11.0 mi
- Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest: 12.5 mi
- Montour Preserve: 12.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 115: 12.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 329: 14.8 mi
- Hughes Memorial Garden: 7.3 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 19.7 mi
- Castle Green Garden: 22.3 mi
- Butler Township Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 10.4 mi
- Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 10.6 mi
- Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 14.4 mi
- Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 15.1 mi
- Memorial Class Of 1916: 0.1 mi
- C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Glens Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Eagle Rock Beach: 18.2 mi
- Lake Jean Beach: 24.7 mi
- Centralia: 15.2 mi
- Picture Rocks: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of The Snake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Mountain | N 353° | 762 m | 19.7 mi |
| Grand View | NNE 19° | 745 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | NNE 17° | 721 m | 22.0 mi |
| Central Mountain | NNE 15° | 685 m | 21.0 mi |
| Chimneystack Rock | NNE 16° | 684 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bears Head | ESE 119° | 634 m | 22.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ESE 107° | 592 m | 13.3 mi |
| Catawissa Mountain | SE 131° | 571 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:57 | 16:41 |
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 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bear GAP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6631829997
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