Saint John's Beach
Saint John's Beach is a beach in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 356 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint John's Pottery Studio, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.4 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 27.2 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Kraemer Lake-Wildwood County Park: 2.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 3.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Lions Park: 3.4 mi
- Central Park: 3.6 mi
- Rail Legacy Museum: 8.4 mi
- Cold Spring Area Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Stearns History Museum: 9.4 mi
- Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 11.4 mi
- Paynesville Historical Museum: 20.4 mi
- Saint John's Pottery Studio: 0.3 mi
- Maple Sugar Shack: 0.8 mi
- NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 8.7 mi
- A maze'n Farmyard: 20.6 mi
- Stoney Brook Farms: 22.5 mi
- Stone Gate: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 11.1 mi
- Dennis M. Thayer: 11.8 mi
- Hurrle Peak: 16.3 mi
- Mt Aral: 16.5 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 22.0 mi
- The Mound: 22.4 mi
- Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 4.6 mi
- Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 4.8 mi
- Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 14.7 mi
- Avon Beach: 3.9 mi
- Quarry 20 picnic area: 8.0 mi
- SCSU Logo: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint John's Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Aral | SSE 167° | 421 m | 16.5 mi |
| Hurrle Peak | SE 144° | 370 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:47 | 16:37 |
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 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Collegeville ST John's, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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