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Venus

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Elevation, modelled
178 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Mars Hill531 m · 13.5 mi
Nearest byway
FISH RIVER SCENIC BYWAY22.7 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:30local time
Coordinates
46.6637, -68.0098
Venus from directly overhead

Venus is a artwork in Maine, at a modelled 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

Material
styrofoam

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

124 named places within 25 miles

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).

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