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The Butterfly Wall

The Butterfly Wall from directly overhead

The Butterfly Wall is an artwork in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is James J. Fiorentino Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2024
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.98596, -93.27161

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Flagpole Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.3 mi
  • First Bridge Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cancer Survivors Park: 0.4 mi
  • North Loop Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Bloody Friday Memorial Plaque: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial to Survivors of Sexual Violence: 0.4 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Washburn A Mill Ruins: 0.9 mi
  • Mill City Museum: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Cedar Lake South Beach: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Deer Pen: 5.7 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 5.7 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.8 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.0 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.1 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.7 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 9.1 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 9.1 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 9.1 mi
  • Sand Castles: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Elm Creek Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • wayside rest: 20.7 mi
  • Dayton Port Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • St. Croix Rest Area: 22.3 mi
  • Forest Lake Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 7.0 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 101°307 m21.8 mi
Norwegian HillNNE 27°293.522 m3.0 mi
Conditions

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11831841541

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