Gainesville, Florida: The Solar Walk
Public art project by artist Elizabeth Indianos with representations of planets in the solar system on pedestals spaced along the sidewalk.
- Address:
- NW 8th Ave., Gainesville, FL
- Directions:
- NW 8th Ave between NW 34th and NW 23rd St. Park at Westside Park and walk across the street to begin the tour on foot.
- Admission:
- Free.
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Solar Walk
The Solar Walk spans nearly a mile from the Sun to Pluto.
[Jon Morgan, 06/24/2018]The Solar Walk
The Gainesville Solar Walk is a public art project created by Elizabeth Indianos and installed in 2002 at a cost of $30,000. Each sculpture represents a planet in the solar system (including the now-orphaned Pluto) as well as two Halley's Comet representations. The scale is 4 billion to 1. Each piece includes a quote and is embedded with various stones.
Think George Jetson meets Earth Day.
If The Solar Walk is not to your liking, there is an entrance to a nature walk along the route that is very relaxing.
[Charlie Mitchell, 06/05/2010]Nearby Offbeat Places
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With each step you cover a distance equal to the span between the Earth and Moon. We just made that up, but we're probably not too far off.