Windows in Time
Windows in Time is an artwork in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 812 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Comba Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2008
- Material
- steel
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 9.9 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Comba Park: 0.7 mi
- Hewett Park: 0.9 mi
- Nottingham Park: 0.9 mi
- Skyline Park: 1.1 mi
- Redwood Park: 1.1 mi
- HaBATat: 1.0 mi
- Bee Business: 1.9 mi
- Above and Below: 2.0 mi
- Journey: 2.2 mi
- Journey: 2.2 mi
- Table Rock: 8.7 mi
- Stack Rock: 10.6 mi
- Eagleson Summit: 11.0 mi
- Lower Point: 11.5 mi
- Boise Peak: 11.7 mi
- Julius M. Kleiner: 2.2 mi
- Whitewater Park Engraved Stone: 3.8 mi
- Old Boise Historic District Engraved Stone: 3.8 mi
- Billy Moynihan Engraved Stone: 3.8 mi
- Ray Need, M.D. Engraved Stone: 3.8 mi
- Garden City Pollinator Habitat: 2.0 mi
- Borah Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 4.9 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum: 6.7 mi
- Northwest Science Museum Vision Center: 1.4 mi
- Children's Museum of Idaho: 5.1 mi
- Boise Art Museum: 5.5 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 5.5 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 5.6 mi
- Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve: 1.0 mi
- Hillside to Hollow Reserve: 4.6 mi
- Antelope Bitterbrush Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Eagle Fish Hatchery | Idaho Fish and Game: 5.5 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 6.0 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 6.6 mi
- A-10: 6.7 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 10.3 mi
- Branson Hollow: 21.1 mi
- Riverside Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 14.6 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 15.0 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 15.0 mi
- Baldwin: 3.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Windows in Time. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | NE 50° | 2,308 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mores Mountain | NE 46° | 2,202 m | 15.1 mi |
| Doe Point | NE 53° | 2,151 m | 13.2 mi |
| Deer Point | NE 53° | 2,150 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bob's Knob | NE 55° | 2,024 m | 14.7 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | ENE 65° | 2,011 m | 13.6 mi |
| Little Deer Point | NE 54° | 1,997 m | 12.2 mi |
| Boise Peak | ENE 68° | 1,978 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8969361858
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