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Inner Search is an artwork in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cancer Survivors Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1979

How to reach it

Coordinates44.97961, -93.26566

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cancer Survivors Park: 0.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.2 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 0.3 mi
  • Government Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • First Bridge Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches: 50
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.1 mi
  • 32nd Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Deer Pen: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 5.2 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun F: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 8.5 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 10.8 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.2 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 8.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 8.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 8.6 mi
  • Sand Castles: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.5 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.0 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Inner Search. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 100°307 m21.5 mi
Norwegian HillNNE 20°293.522 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1398976873

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