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New York Life Eagle

New York Life Eagle from directly overhead

New York Life Eagle is an artwork in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Overlook Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 0.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Bronze sculpture of an eagle clutching a rock with its wings spread as she watches over her young. Originally perched in 1890 atop the entrance of the New York Life Building in Saint Paul, MN.

The record

What the record says

Built
1890
Material
bronze
Getting there

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Coordinates44.94148, -93.11684

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Summit Overlook Park: 0.0 mi
  • Nathan Hale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cochran Park: 0.1 mi
  • Point of View Park: 0.2 mi
  • Holly Tot Lot: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Victoria Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Garden of Good Hearts: 1.7 mi
  • Rivoli Bluffs Farm: 2.1 mi
  • David Barton Community Reflective Garden: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 52
  • Longfellow Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Phalen Park Beach: 4.2 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 3.2 mi
  • Wabun A: 4.6 mi
  • Wabun C: 4.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 4.6 mi
  • Wabun D: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 5.1 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.7 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.1 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • East Clay Pit: 1.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 1.6 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 1.7 mi
  • Sand Castles: 2.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 4.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 7.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 106°330 m21.4 mi
Dills MoundESE 122°320 m20.9 mi
Starks MoundESE 117°310 m20.0 mi
Bissel's MoundE 95°307 m13.9 mi
Norwegian HillNW 313°293.522 m8.4 mi
Coons HillE 83°268 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737162483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul 3SW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12596058099

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