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Teaching Sculpture

Teaching Sculpture from directly overhead

Teaching Sculpture is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sequence, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Material
steel
Inscription
Teaching Sculpture, Donated by Paxton & Vierling Steel, Omaha, Nebraska. Erected by American Society of Civil Engineers, Iowa State University Student Chapter, 2002.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.02935, -93.65322

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Sequence: 0.1 mi
  • The Moth: 0.1 mi
  • Left-Sided Angel: 0.3 mi
  • Carom: 0.3 mi
  • Three Athletes: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Emma McCarthy Lee Park Access: 0.3 mi
  • Anderson Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Central Campus: 0.4 mi
  • Campustown Court: 0.6 mi
  • Seating Area: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 22
Museums: 20
Attractions: 9
  • Elwood the Gnome: 1.5 mi
  • Story City Carousel: 11.5 mi
  • Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 12.5 mi
  • Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 12.5 mi
  • Goat Pen: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 11.3 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Mound: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot MoundWNW 295°362.7 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:4020:1220:55
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4016:0216:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202437496171737163513725
Precip in0.60.81.93.95.25.24.44.93.32.81.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9902712225

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