- Elevation, modelled
- 280 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Dills Mound320 m · 24.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road2.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:04local time
- Coordinates
- 44.9809, -93.1760
Minnesota State Fairgrounds is a attraction in Minnesota, at a modelled 280 m. Dills Mound stands 320 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Carousel, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.6 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota
Dates from 1859.
Wikidata Q1937367, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
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 |
- 2.6 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 2.4 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic BywayNational
- 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
Attractions
- 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
Museums
- 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
Historic sites
- 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
Beaches: 53
- 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
Peaks: 10
- 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
Waterfalls: 8
- 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
Rest areas: 6
- 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
Ghost towns: 3
- Garen: 19.3 mi
- Nininger: 19.8 mi
- Point Douglas: 23.7 mi
| 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).
Day trips start here
- Twin Cities · 2 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 3 mi
- Minneapolis · 4 mi
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