Artwork · Missouri
Minnesota Monument
Minnesota Monument is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Chinkapin Hill stands 262 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Belofontaine Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road - Missouri passes 2.6 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1922
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Erected A.D. 1922 by the State of Minnesota in memory of her soldiers here buried who lost their lives in the service of the United States in the War for the Preservation of the Union A.D. 1861-1865
How to reach it
Coordinates38.49837, -90.27982
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 5.8 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 3.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Illinois, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Overlook · 10 mi
- Elk Hollow · 14 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 19 mi
- Bird Viewing Blind · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Fort Belofontaine Monument: 0.1 mi
- To the Confederate Dead: 0.1 mi
- Old Guard Monument: 1.3 mi
- WWII in the Pacific: 1.3 mi
- Mini Arch: 2.5 mi
Artworks
- Minuteman: 0.5 mi
- Alderman Albert (Red) Villa: 3.6 mi
- Blue Collar Baroque: 5.4 mi
- All Heart: 5.5 mi
- Our Lady of Sorrows: 5.5 mi
Museums
- Jeffeson Barracks Ordnance Museum: 0.5 mi
- Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum: 0.6 mi
- Jefferson Barracks POW-MIA Museum: 0.6 mi
- Missouri Civil War Museum: 0.6 mi
- Old Ordance Room: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Sylvan Springs Park: 0.8 mi
- Jefferson Barracks County Park: 1.0 mi
- R-9 County Park: 1.1 mi
- Black Forest County Park: 2.0 mi
- Union Road County Park: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Grant's Farm Parking Lot: 5.4 mi
- Busch Estate Carriage Rides: 5.4 mi
- Shoemaker School: 6.5 mi
- Budweiser Brewery Experience: 7.8 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tours: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 54
- Dupo Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Marti Frumhoff Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
- Transgender Memorial Garden: 7.4 mi
- Star Garden: 7.5 mi
- Star Garden: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 27
- Tweed Prairie: 2.9 mi
- Stemler Cave Woods Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Teszars Woods Conservation Area: 7.3 mi
- GHV Terrace Garden: 8.4 mi
- Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 26
- Oklahoma Hill: 2.8 mi
- Government Hill: 9.5 mi
- Art Hill: 9.8 mi
- Mt Millstadt: 11.0 mi
- Big Mound (Historical): 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Picnic Tables: 7.5 mi
- Gurney Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
- Tunica Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
- West End Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
- Concession Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
Springs: 20
- Falling Spring: 5.6 mi
- Webster Retention Pond Seep: 7.0 mi
- Headwaters: 7.5 mi
- Caroline Loughlin Fountain: 7.7 mi
- Cabanne Spring: 9.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Broadway: 3.2 mi
- Times Beach: 17.5 mi
- Goldman: 19.1 mi
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Vilhauer Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Climbing Area: 21.8 mi
- Shelter bluff: 22.0 mi
- La Charbonier Bluff: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Wise Falls: 9.3 mi
- Deer Lake Riffles: 9.9 mi
- Dripping Springs: 18.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Stone Arch: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Minnesota Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinkapin Hill | WSW 252° | 262 m | 23.4 mi |
| Buck Knob | SSW 192° | 259 m | 20.4 mi |
| Herman's Hilltop | WSW 252° | 248 m | 23.1 mi |
| Frisco Hill | SW 231° | 247 m | 12.3 mi |
| North LaBarque Hill | WSW 253° | 247 m | 24.0 mi |
| South LaBarque Hill | WSW 252° | 244 m | 24.1 mi |
| Antire Hill | W 274° | 237 m | 14.9 mi |
| Potato Hill | S 184° | 218 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cahokia, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 98000840OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13089012429
Day trips start here
- Cahokia · 7 mi
- St. Louis · 9 mi
- East St. Louis · 12 mi
- St. Louis County · 13 mi
- Fairmont City · 15 mi
- Belleville · 16 mi
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