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Illiniwek Forest Preserve

Southern Lights Centre

Akaroa, New Zealand
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    03-304-8893
  • Designer: Lawson Bracewell
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St. Bartholomews Episcopal Church

Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    770-939-5554 or 404-634-3336 (St. Barts)
  • Designer: Eleanor Buckholt, PLA, and Kate Anderson
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

McMinnville, Oregon, 97128, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    503-472-5831
  • Designer: Kathleen Galvin
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Hitchcock Presbyterian Church

Scarsdale, New York, 10583, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    914-723-3311
  • Designer: Joseph Plouffe, RA
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St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

Houston, Texas, 77004, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    713-528-0527
  • Designer: Marty Kermeen
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Private Property

Newport, Vermont, 05855, United States
  • Availability
    Appointment
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    802-334-2571
  • Designer: Lisa Erwin-Davidson & John Wayne Blessingame
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First Christian Church

Granbury, Texas, 76048, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    817-573-5431
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Grace United Methodist Church

Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    843-766-1621
  • Designer: Eagle Scout Ben Niermann
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Mosaic Community Church

Seguin, Texas, 78155, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    830-379-0465
  • Designer: Rev. Jim Taylor
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Happehatchee Center

Estero, Florida, 33928, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    239-992-5455
  • Designer: Florida Gulf Coast University students
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Private Property

Eugene, Oregon, 97405, United States
  • Availability
    Appointment
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    541-359-5583
  • Designer: Arthur R Palsbo
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Sylvan Rodriguez Park

Houston, Texas, 77062, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    832-395-7000
  • Designer: Dixie Friend Gay
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University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States
  • Availability
    Public
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    301-314-9893
  • Designer: UM School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; UM’s Department of Facilities Planning; University-recognized chaplains
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Blue Heron Lake Nature Conservancy

Fort Valley, Georgia, 31030, United States
  • Availability
    Private
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    478 822-9165 (Conservancy)
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An Gontellza

Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8SA, England
  • Availability
    Appointment
  • Situation
    Outdoor
  • Portability
    Permanent
  • Phone
    07808 393 874
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Photo: Bruce Walters

Illinois Route 84
Hampton
Illinois, 61256
United States

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Nature Spiral consists of circular boulders situated near Mississippi River in Illiniwek Forest Preserve, near Hampton, Illinois, USA – Illinois Route 84 or Great River Trail for hikers and bikers. There are photos and a nice article about Nature Spiral published by Bruce Walters ([email protected]) in River Cities' Reader, Vol 18, No 789, October 13-26, 2011.

  • Contact:

    Illiniwek Forest Preserve Phone: 309-496-2620
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  • Type:

    Contemporary
    65 limestone boulders, engraved with native birds, fish, insects, animals and plants, arranged in 800ft circumference spiral planted with trees and wildflowers on grass path.

  • Availability:

    Public

  • Situation:

    Outdoor

  • Status:

    Permanent

  • Material:

    Rock or Garden

  • Material Description:

    Grass path

  • Designer:

    Kunhild Blacklock

  • Builder:

    Community partnership led by Quad City Arts and River Action

  • Wheelchair Accessible:

    Yes

  • Schedule:

    Always Open

  • Schedule Times:

    Park open dawn to dusk

  • Size:

    240 x 135 feet

  • Date installed:

    Nature Spiral was installed 1997