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Two Bears

Two Bears from directly overhead

Two Bears is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Spiral Note, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
6'
Material
bronze
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.59015, -83.01219
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
  • Upton House Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.8 mi
  • Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site: 5.1 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Dodge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Clinton River Park: 0.3 mi
  • Farmstead Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kenneth L. Wolf Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 0.5 mi
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 5.1 mi
  • AS/32P-15 Fire Truck: 9.6 mi
  • WWII Cannon: 9.6 mi
  • NIKE Hercules Missile: 9.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 10.5 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 10.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.7 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 14.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 18.2 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 304°388 m14.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 328°375 m18.2 mi
Pine KnobWNW 300°367 m21.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 307°351 m13.7 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 348°349 m17.7 mi
Mount JudahWNW 300°345 m16.9 mi
Waterford HillWNW 293°342 m21.9 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 331°302 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12409697923

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