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Totem

Totem from directly overhead

Totem is an artwork in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Chestnut Hill stands 136 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunday Morning, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 18 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
bronze

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.92049, -75.00428

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Carusi Park: 0.9 mi
  • Maria Barnaby Greenwald Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pennypacker Park: 1.5 mi
  • Scarborough Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wallworth Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Welcome to Historic Haddonfield: 2.1 mi
  • Hadrosaurus (Haddy Dinosaur Statue): 2.3 mi
  • Victims of Terrorism Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Bataan Death March Memorial: 2.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves: 58
  • Stafford's Woods Disc Golf Course: 4.8 mi
  • Esther Yanai Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Timber Creek Park: 6.7 mi
  • Taylor Wildlife Preserve: 7.2 mi
  • Almonesson Creek Park: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Grove: 9.9 mi
  • Bird Lake Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 27
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Washington Lake Beach: 13.5 mi
  • First Beach: 20.2 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNW 315°136 m15.3 mi
Hunting HillW 277°125 m23.8 mi
Camp HillNW 325°104 m17.6 mi
Militia HillNW 319°104 m18.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 314°102 m16.1 mi
Sandy HillNW 317°101 m20.1 mi
Fairless LandfillNE 39°97.2 m20.2 mi
Fort HillNW 323°88 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3219:5220:33
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536372777568564638
Precip in3.52.64.43.93.94.65.04.14.34.13.34.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennsauken 1N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6553259851

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