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Minnehaha Falls

Minnehaha Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Minnehaha Falls is a cliff in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Dills Mound stands 320 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
16 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.91534, -93.21099

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
  • Longfellow Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • English Garden: 1.5 mi
  • We Garden: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Minnehaha Regional Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.6 mi
  • Assembly Union Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hiawatha School Park: 0.7 mi
  • Yardville Right of Way: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 1.9 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Picnic Glen: 0.1 mi
  • Deer Pen: 0.2 mi
  • Wabun F: 0.2 mi
  • Wabun G: 0.2 mi
  • Wabun D: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Pilot Knob: 3.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 6.2 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.2 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Minnehaha Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.7 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • West Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 4.9 mi
  • Sand Castles: 7.4 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 12.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.8 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dills MoundESE 113°320 m24.2 mi
Starks MoundESE 108°310 m23.6 mi
Bissel's MoundE 88°307 m18.5 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 348°293.522 m7.7 mi
Coons HillE 80°268 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
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 °F162133476070747264503522
Precip in0.90.91.72.93.94.64.14.33.02.61.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis-st Paul Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/159391485

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