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Tripod

Tripod from directly overhead

Tripod is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Buck Point stands 1,961 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Park, a park 0.9 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1976
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.94619, -117.43164
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 60
Gardens
  • Grand Arbor: 1.3 mi
  • Kathleen Gonzales Memorial Water-Wise Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Riverside General Hospital Historic Site: 2.3 mi
  • Dr. Peter M. Lewis Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 3.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Casa Blanca: 1.9 mi
  • Spiral Suspension: 1.9 mi
  • Riverside: 2.0 mi
  • Donut: 2.2 mi
  • Pink Wall: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • The Children of the Inland Empire Make-a-Wish Foundation: 2.1 mi
  • De Anza Crossing: 2.1 mi
  • S/SGT Ysmael Villegas: 2.1 mi
  • Ryan Bonaminio Park At The Tequesquite Arroyo: 2.9 mi
  • Ryan Bonaminio Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Springs: 34
  • Hot Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 8.3 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Harford Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Console Springs: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Site C: 15.9 mi
  • Site B: 15.9 mi
  • Site A: 16.0 mi
  • Area A: 16.1 mi
  • Area C: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 6.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 7.4 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 7.7 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 7.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Tripod. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck PointNNW 341°1,961 m19.7 mi
Calamity PeakNNW 332°1,768 m19.6 mi
Santiago PeakSSW 200°1,734 m17.3 mi
Modjeska PeakSSW 202°1,675 m16.9 mi
San SevaineN 350°1,594 m19.0 mi
Trabuco PeakS 188°1,401 m17.0 mi
Los Pinos PeakS 187°1,373 m19.6 mi
Horsethief PeakS 185°1,315 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636873798077696155
Precip in2.32.41.20.60.20.00.10.00.10.30.61.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Muni AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12840970421

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