Zephyrus
Zephyrus is an artwork in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 801 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hobble Creek Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Payette River Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2011
- Material
- steel;copper;aluminum;stainless_steel
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 5.2 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Lower Payette River Heritage Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hobble Creek Park: 0.0 mi
- Legends North Community Park Area: 0.4 mi
- Legends Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Pamela Baker Park: 0.6 mi
- Roxey Place Park: 0.8 mi
- Radiate Positivity: 1.9 mi
- The Final Cast: 1.9 mi
- Fly Cycles: 2.0 mi
- Takunekka: 2.0 mi
- The Rope Swing: 2.0 mi
- Table Rock: 10.9 mi
- Stack Rock: 11.1 mi
- Pucker Up Peak: 12.0 mi
- Lower Point: 12.4 mi
- Eagleson Summit: 12.4 mi
- Julius M. Kleiner: 2.3 mi
- Whitewater Park Engraved Stone: 6.0 mi
- Old Boise Historic District Engraved Stone: 6.0 mi
- Billy Moynihan Engraved Stone: 6.0 mi
- Ray Need, M.D. Engraved Stone: 6.0 mi
- Garden City Pollinator Habitat: 3.2 mi
- Borah Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 7.2 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
- Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum: 8.9 mi
- Northwest Science Museum Vision Center: 2.8 mi
- Children's Museum of Idaho: 4.8 mi
- Boise Art Museum: 7.7 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 7.7 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Fish Hatchery | Idaho Fish and Game: 3.2 mi
- Antelope Bitterbrush Reserve: 5.9 mi
- Hillside to Hollow Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 3.7 mi
- A-10: 8.8 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 8.9 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 8.9 mi
- Branson Hollow: 18.9 mi
- Riverside Beach: 2.3 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 16.9 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 17.2 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 17.3 mi
- Baldwin: 5.3 mi
- Givens Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zephyrus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | ENE 58° | 2,308 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mores Mountain | NE 54° | 2,202 m | 15.6 mi |
| Doe Point | ENE 62° | 2,151 m | 14.1 mi |
| Deer Point | ENE 61° | 2,150 m | 14.0 mi |
| Bob's Knob | ENE 63° | 2,024 m | 15.6 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | ENE 72° | 2,011 m | 14.8 mi |
| Little Deer Point | ENE 63° | 1,997 m | 13.1 mi |
| Boise Peak | ENE 76° | 1,978 m | 13.0 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 | 08:17 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9072184535
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