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Venus

Venus from directly overhead

Venus is an artwork in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Mars Hill stands 531 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercury, a artwork 0.3 miles away. FISH RIVER SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

Diameter: 5.2 inches (13.2 cm) Location: Budget Traveler Motor Inn Constructed by: Caribou Tech Center (Caribou High School) Painted by: Jeanie McGowan, Curator of Collections at the Northern Maine Museum of Science and student at the UM Presque Isle

The record

What the record says

Material
styrofoam
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.66372, -68.00981
Around it

124 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
  • Hobart Hill: 3.2 mi
  • North Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Quaggy Joe: 4.2 mi
  • South Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Edmunds Hill: 4.9 mi
Parks: 26
  • Mantle Lake Park: 0.7 mi
  • Riverside Park: 1.2 mi
  • Arnold Brook Lake Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Northern Maine Fair: 1.7 mi
  • Peace Park: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 13
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Nordic Heritage Center: 5.9 mi
  • Historical Society: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • University Garden: 0.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Haystack Rest Area: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 2: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mars HillSE 136°531 m13.5 mi
Saddleback MountainS 189°508 m17.5 mi
Number Nine MountainS 182°494 m16.7 mi
Scopan MountainWSW 247°433 m9.4 mi
Scopan KnobSW 235°432 m11.1 mi
Hovey MountainS 186°415 m19.1 mi
Nighthawk MountainSSW 196°410 m21.0 mi
Maple MountainS 183°409 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0518:45
June solstice04:3919:4320:30
September equinox06:1917:5218:32
December solstice07:1414:5615:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131626405362676658453320
Precip in2.51.92.42.83.33.83.73.83.54.23.13.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Presque Isle, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5967829799

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