Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Minnesota State Fairgrounds is an attraction in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Dills Mound stands 320 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Adventure Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.6 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota
Dates from 1859.
Wikidata Q1937367, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 2.4 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 18.8 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 3 mi
- Mound · 4 mi
- May Mountain · 4 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Adventure Park: 0.1 mi
- Dan Patch Park: 0.1 mi
- Carousel Park: 0.2 mi
- DNR Park: 0.2 mi
- Heffron Park: 0.3 mi
- Chesin's Cafe Caribe: 0.1 mi
- Smokey The Bear: 0.2 mi
- Pioneer Woman: 0.3 mi
- Dairy Dog: 0.3 mi
- Clown with Balloons: 0.3 mi
- Carousel: 0.2 mi
- Space Tower: 0.4 mi
- Math On-A-Stick: 0.4 mi
- Wolf Woods: 1.0 mi
- Tiger: 1.0 mi
- Goldstein Museum of Design: 0.5 mi
- Bell Museum: 0.9 mi
- Gibb's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Twin City Model Railroad Museum: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Gallery: 2.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.5 mi
- Department of Horticultural Science Display and Trial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Centennial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Blue Garden: 1.2 mi
- Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden: 1.2 mi
- Falcon Heights: 0.7 mi
- Philando Castile Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Bishop: 1.1 mi
- Engineering Research Associates: 1.3 mi
- Mannheimer Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Willow Reserve: 2.9 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 5.3 mi
- Imniżaska: 6.0 mi
- Raspberry Island: 6.6 mi
- White Sand Beach: 2.5 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 3.0 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 5.0 mi
- Gervais Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
- Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 5.6 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 1.0 mi
- Wabun A: 4.7 mi
- Wabun B: 4.7 mi
- Deer Pen: 4.7 mi
- Wabun D: 4.7 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 4.5 mi
- Seminary Hill: 5.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.6 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 13.5 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 1.6 mi
- Shadow Falls: 2.9 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 4.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.0 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 4.8 mi
- East Clay Pit: 5.3 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 5.3 mi
- West Clay Pit: 5.3 mi
- Sand Castles: 5.7 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 19.0 mi
- wayside rest: 19.4 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 2.6 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 5.7 mi
- White Worm Springs: 11.3 mi
- Boiling Springs: 18.1 mi
- Garen: 19.3 mi
- Nininger: 19.8 mi
- Point Douglas: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dills Mound | SE 124° | 320 m | 24.8 mi |
| Starks Mound | ESE 119° | 310 m | 23.9 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 103° | 307 m | 17.2 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NW 313° | 293.522 m | 4.5 mi |
| Coons Hill | E 91° | 268 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| 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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/39662664
Day trips start here
- Twin Cities · 2 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 3 mi
- Minneapolis · 4 mi
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