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Wallsocket Horseshoe

Wallsocket Horseshoe from directly overhead

Wallsocket Horseshoe is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Prospect Hill stands 372 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ervin-Stucki Preserve, a nature reserve 4.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 157 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17397, -83.92494

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Manchester Community Fairgrounds: 5.7 mi
  • Chi-Bro Park: 5.9 mi
  • Kirk Park: 6.1 mi
  • Wurster Park: 6.2 mi
  • Pembroke Commons: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Jewel Heart: 9.7 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 11.0 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 11.0 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 11.1 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 11.1 mi
Artworks: 50
  • Mill Pond Painted Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Untitled: 9.3 mi
  • Dash: 10.5 mi
  • Book of Knowledge: 11.6 mi
  • The Cube: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 29
Museums: 24
Peaks: 15
Picnic sites: 8
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 15.4 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Trestle Park Comfort Station: 19.5 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Well: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWSW 240°372 m19.7 mi
Hatt HillW 267°348 m24.0 mi
Cassidy KameNNW 327°344 m14.6 mi
Irish HillWSW 238°344 m20.5 mi
Sackrider HillWNW 301°338 m17.0 mi
Big KameNNW 329°328 m16.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 321°327 m14.8 mi
Stofer HillNNW 333°321 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice06:0020:3421:16
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0216:2217:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232535475868717063513929
Precip in2.32.02.23.24.13.13.43.12.92.62.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13046949431

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