Star map

USA / Nevada / Boulder City /

A large map of the constellations is inlaid on the ground, showing the path of the direction of the Earth's north pole among the stars due to precession. It indicates the position of the pole as of the year the dam was constructed (near Polaris), as a nonverbal means of communicating this date to civilizations of the distant future.

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Coordinates: 36°1'0"N 114°44'20"W

The Grand Canyon (western section) 72 km
The Grand Canyon (west-central section) 161 km
Pipe Spring National Monument 202 km
Cedar Breaks National Monument 248 km
U.S. National Park Service Grounds 317 km
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument 357 km
Camp Horn, Arizona 359 km
Cabrillo National Monument 437 km
Pinnacles National Park 586 km
Muir Woods National Monument 731 km

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