The Spirit of Peace
The Spirit of Peace is an artwork in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006
How to reach it
- On the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 24.4 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mound · 4 mi
- Minnehaha Falls View Area · 4 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 5 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peace Garden: 0.0 mi
- Lyndale Park Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Garden of the Praying Hands: 0.4 mi
- Garden of the Trinity: 0.4 mi
- Garden of Seasons: 0.4 mi
- Lyndale Park: 0.1 mi
- Lyndale Farmstead Park: 0.3 mi
- William Berry Park: 0.7 mi
- Linden Hills Boulevard: 0.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 0.9 mi
- Wirth: 0.1 mi
- Dunwoody: 0.3 mi
- Eustis Obelisk: 0.3 mi
- Showmen's Rest: 0.3 mi
- Lewis: 0.4 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Raspberry Island: 1.8 mi
- Mike's Island: 2.0 mi
- Wood Lake Nature Center: 3.6 mi
- Western Avenue Marsh: 5.3 mi
- Como-Harriet Streetcar Line Depot: 0.7 mi
- The Bakken Museum: 1.4 mi
- The Museum of Russian Art: 2.0 mi
- Purcell-Cutts House: 2.1 mi
- Minneapolis Institute of Art: 2.3 mi
- Freedom Form #2: 0.9 mi
- Jäger: 1.0 mi
- Nicollet Baseball Park: 1.1 mi
- Vessels of Stories: 1.4 mi
- Southwest Anchor: 1.6 mi
- Tulip House: 2.0 mi
- MCAD Sculpture Garden: 2.1 mi
- Berger Fountain: 3.0 mi
- Legacy Ship: 3.5 mi
- Shoe Tree: 4.0 mi
- Lake Harriet North Beach: 0.4 mi
- Lake Harriet Southeast Beach: 0.8 mi
- Bde Maka Ska Thomas Beach: 1.1 mi
- 32nd Beach: 1.2 mi
- Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Glen: 4.4 mi
- Deer Pen: 4.4 mi
- Wabun F: 4.5 mi
- Wabun G: 4.5 mi
- Wabun B: 4.5 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 7.0 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 7.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.7 mi
- Seminary Hill: 11.2 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 4.2 mi
- West Clay Pit: 8.9 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 9.0 mi
- East Clay Pit: 9.1 mi
- Sand Castles: 11.2 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 4.2 mi
- Shadow Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 8.3 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 4.4 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 5.3 mi
- Boiling Springs: 12.0 mi
- White Worm Springs: 15.2 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- wayside rest: 17.5 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Nininger: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Spirit of Peace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissel's Mound | E 91° | 307 m | 22.6 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NNE 21° | 293.522 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2330916977
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 4 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 5 mi
- Twin Cities · 5 mi
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