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In Anchorage there is a giant sun that starts off the Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk.
[Adam Scott Lankford, 05/04/2007]Sun and Scale Model of Solar System:- Address:
- 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK
- Directions:
- Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk. Start at 5th ave. and G St., near the Imaginarium.
In Anchorage at Benson and Arctic, near McDonald's, stands tall a giant tattoo needle.
[Adam Scott Lankford, 06/05/2010]Giant Tattoo Needle:- Address:
- W. Benson Blvd, Anchorage, AK
- Directions:
- Up on a pole in front of the Anchorage Tattoo Studio. On the south side of W. Benson Blvd at the corner of Bering St., which is one block east of Arctic Blvd and a McDonald's. Across Benson from Carl's Jr and Carpet Warehouse.
The Greek mythology Titan shoulders his see-thru metal wire Earth globe in the parking lot of a gym.
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Alaska Functional Fitness
- Address:
- 6320 MacKay St., Anchorage, AK
- Directions:
- Alaska Functional Fitness. South side of the city. From C St. turn west at the stoplight onto W. 64th Ave. Drive one block and you'll see the statue on the right, in the parking lot at the corner of MacKay St.
Giant man made of boulders. Stands at the edge of a parking lot under some trees.
[Kerin Fassler, 09/13/2022]Rock Man is a 19-foot-tall version of an Inuit Arctic inuksuk.
Rock Man:- Address:
- 5295 Juneau St., Anchorage, AK
- Directions:
- South of downtown. Exit Hwy 1/Seward Hwy at Tudor Rd. Drive west a quarter-mile. Turn left at the stoplight onto Old Seward Hwy. Drive a half-mile. Turn left at the stoplight onto International Airport Rd. Drive one block. Turn right onto Juneau St., then left into the parking lot between Alaska Wild Berry Products and the Awaken Church. Rock Man will be in a little way on the right, hidden behind some trees.
This ambitious edifice was intended as a hotel, but never opened.
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- Address:
- George Parks Hwy, Cantwell, AK
- Directions:
- On the east side of Hwy 3/George Parks Hwy at milepost 188.5.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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According to the Planet Walk site, the solar system walk was designed by a high school student astronomy buff, and was the Centennial Project of the Anchorage Rotary Club. The model's scale was "chosen so that a leisurely walking pace mimics the speed of light." The Earth is at 5th Ave. and K St., an 8 minute walk (how long the light of the Sun takes to reach Earth). Pluto is in Kincaid Park, SW of Anchorage, a 5 1/2 hour walk by way of the other planets.