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Mystical Horizons
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Abernathey
July 26, 2021
Mystical Horizons is an astronomical-themed site located near Carbury, North Dakota on North Dakota Highway 43 near the North Dakota and Manitoba border. The attraction contains a working solar calendar built from granite pillars, intended to represent a 21st-century Stonehenge, and other instruments intended to explain astronomical phenomena and principles.
Mystical Horizons is an astronomical-themed site located near Carbury, North Dakota on North Dakota Highway 43 near the North Dakota and Manitoba border. The attraction contains a working solar calendar built from granite pillars, intended to represent a 21st-century Stonehenge, and other instrumen…
Guy
September 21, 2021
Stonehenge" of the prairie has breathtaking view overlooking farmland west of the Turtle Mountains. Stone and cement structures are designed to view summer and winter solstice and the equinox. Working Sundial and paved parking. Mystical Horizons is an astronomical-themed site located near Carbury, North Dakota on North Dakota Highway 43 near the North Dakota and Manitoba border. The attraction contains a working solar calendar built from granite pillars, intended to represent a 21st-century Stonehenge, and other instruments intended to explain astronomical phenomena and principles. A plaque at the site reads "dedicated to Jack Olson's vision of a Century 21 Stonehenge". The concept was the vision of Jack Olson, an aerospace engineer and designer. Though Olson died of cancer in 2001 before construction began, the community raised funds to make his dream a reality, along with partnerships including the North Dakota Forest Service, North Dakota Department of Transportation, and the city of Bottineau. Mystical Horizons opened on October 21, 2005. Mystical Horizons includes multiple components designed to connect visitors with the cosmos: six walls with slots that act as a solar calendar, with direct sunlight passing through the slots only on the winter and summer solstices and the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, a sighting tube in fixed position demonstrating the location of Polaris, and a human-sized sundial. Each instrument is accompanied by information about how to use the devices and explanations of the scientific principles demonstrated. A panoramic view of the Turtle Mountains, as well as the surrounding valley, is available from the site.
Stonehenge" of the prairie has breathtaking view overlooking farmland west of the Turtle Mountains. Stone and cement structures are designed to view summer and winter solstice and the equinox. Working Sundial and paved parking. Mystical Horizons is an astronomical-themed site located near Carbury,…
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106th Street Northeast
Bottineau, ND