4/5/2023 0 Comments Gainesville solar walk neptuneThis walk, which spans Aristook County, holds the current Guinness World Record for the largest solar system model in the USA. MAINE (Presque Isle) - University of Maine Goes along the Pennsy Trail: Pavement markings with planet signs, starting with the Sun at German Church Road in Marion County, and ending with Pluto on Mount Comfort Road in Hancock County.Īpproximate Scale - 1: 1 billion (Total distance just short of 6 miles roundtrip) INDIANA (Cumberland) - Marion & Hancock Counties Pluto is about 40 miles out, and they recently added Dwarf Plants Eris and Ceres.Īpproximate Scale - 1: 125 million (Total distance slightly under 80 miles roundtrip) You'll want to drive this one! Starting at the LM Planetarium, the orrery spreads to polyurethane planets suspended from ceilings of businesses, gas stations, parks and schools. Held the record for largest solar system scale model from 1993-98. ILLINOIS (Peoria) - Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences Last erected was Pluto & Charon, alongside arrows pointing the direction to Alpha Centauri, har har.Īpproximate scale: 1 : 2 billion (Total distance 3.6 miles roundtrip) Hands down, best trail map design! Includes the Asteroid belt, Ceres, & Galilean moons. Stone and metal plaques built for The Millennium Project and placed around the city, circling outward from the courthouse Sun. GEORGIA (Gainesville) - Town Square Courthouse Earth's moon and Pluto's moon Charon represented in addition to planets.Īpproximate scale - 1 : 4 billion (Total distance just under 2 miles roundtrip) Starting at 8th Avenue: Between NW 34th and 22nd streets, follow the row of concrete monoliths to read facts and poetry about each planet. Comes with Passport book, which can be stamped at all the brass and bronze planet sites. Starting with the Sun at the nearby New Milford High School, follow the guide map through other schools and the town library along Route 7, out past Pluto to the Kuiper Belt end point. Starting at the Robert Ferguson Observatory, find white markers on posts installed along hilly paths, across creeks and to the top of Brushy Peak.Īpproximate Scale - 1 : 2 billion (Total distance 4 miles roundtrip)ĬOLORADO (Boulder) - University of Boulderīlack granite pedestals with mounted planets start at Fiske Planetarium, marking the inner solar system in the museum courtyard, and outer system across one paved street, whose location correlates with the Asteroid Belt… then up two more blocks of the University of Boulder campus to Pluto.Īpproximate Scale - 1 : 10 billion (Total distance can be seen with naked eye)ĬONNECTICUT (New Milford) - McCarthy Observatory The Anchorage Planet Walk Org is the only one so far that installed a live web cam on their site!Īpproximate Scale - 1 : 2 billion (Distance not noted, creator says 3-hr hike)ĬALIFORNIA (Kenwood) - Sugarloaf Ridge State Park The scale was chosen so that a leisurely walking pace mimics the speed of light. Outer planets along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, and signs continue south to Kincaid Park. The "Lightspeed Planet Walk", starting at the 6,000-pound(!) Sun station at the corner of G street, proceeds down 5th avenue. If I missed one near you, please let me know so I can add it to the growing list!ĪLASKA (Anchorage) - Alaska Center for the Performing Arts The bench is between Pluto and a marker directing visitors to the Alpha Centauri galaxy.12,500 miles away.Click for the interactive Google Map Page Pluto is at the southernmost part of Longwood Park, between the flagpole and John Morrow Parkway, across from Gainesville High School.Īt the far end of the model is a granite bench labeled "Time Machine" where the North Georgia Astronomers encourage visitors to take and share pictures of themselves with the NGA. Neptune is off of Pearl Nix Parkway at the entrance to Longwood Park. Uranus is in Wilshire Trails Park on Wilshire Road (the halfway point of the walking trail). Jupiter is in Rock Creek Veterans Park on Main Street. The Asteroid Belt is outside of the Hall County Library on Main Street. Mars is across the street at the corner of Washington and Main. Mercury, Venus, and the Earth are also in Gainesville Square. The Sun Is represented by a 27.5-inch diameter stainless steel globe in Gainesville Square. The markers and their locations are as follows: The model is made of several granite stones (quarried from Elberton, the home of another famous roadside attraction, the Georgia Guidestones) with bronze markers identifying each heavenly body. In 1998, the North Georgia Astronomers group wanted to show the residents of Gainesville and its surrounding areas exactly how massive the solar system was (3.6 billion miles from the Sun to Pluto) and created a 1:2 billion scale model that spanned 1.8 miles across Hall County.
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