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Yoda Statue

Yoda Statue from directly overhead

Yoda Statue is an artwork in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 656 m. Little Flat stands 738 m to the east-southeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knob, a peak 0.2 miles away. High Plateau Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
wood
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76147, -77.77783
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bald Knob: 0.2 mi
  • Little Flat: 1.4 mi
  • Tussey Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Big Flat: 2.7 mi
  • Little Mountain: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Tussey Pond Park: 0.9 mi
  • Country Place Park: 1.0 mi
  • Harvest Fields Community Trails: 1.1 mi
  • Fasick Park: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Spring Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 32
  • Cool Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Blue Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Keith Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Windy Hill Farms Spring: 3.7 mi
  • McKinney Spring: 4.2 mi
Museums: 28
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 22
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Kish park beach access: 14.9 mi
  • Beach access to Kish Creek: 15.8 mi
  • Black Moshannon Beach: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Centre County Rest Area Eastbound: 19.8 mi
  • Centre County Rest Area Westbound: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Yoda Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FlatESE 118°738 m1.4 mi
Thickhead MountainESE 104°733 m4.5 mi
Big FlatS 188°732 m2.7 mi
Broad MountainSSE 160°726 m5.9 mi
Grass MountainSE 137°717 m4.0 mi
Broad MountainESE 108°716 m6.1 mi
Bear KnobNNW 329°713 m15.1 mi
Milligans KnobSE 135°711 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4120:0520:47
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3316:0416:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068727063524132
Precip in2.92.53.43.53.64.13.84.23.93.53.03.2

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13948768461

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