Bancroft Meridian Garden
Bancroft Meridian Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is George Floyd, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 2.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.6 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Minnehaha Falls View Area · 3 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 3 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 3 mi
- Mound · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- George Floyd: 0.2 mi
- George Floyd: 0.3 mi
- Raised Fist Sculpture: 0.3 mi
- Powderhorn Gateway: Teahouse on Powderhorn Lake: 0.5 mi
- Los Ancestros/Wicháhuŋkake: 1.0 mi
- George Floyd Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- George Floyd Square: 0.3 mi
- Murphy Ranks Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Say Their Names Cemetery: 0.4 mi
- Harold Burnside: 0.6 mi
- Phelps Park: 0.4 mi
- Powderhorn Park: 0.6 mi
- 40th Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Corcoran Park: 0.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 1.0 mi
- Sister's Camelot Garden: 0.4 mi
- We Garden: 1.2 mi
- The People's Garden: 1.5 mi
- Greenleaf Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Garfield Garden: 1.6 mi
- Hennepin Overland Railway Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Minneapolis Institute of Art: 1.9 mi
- Hennepin History Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Museum of Russian Art: 2.3 mi
- Longfellow House: 2.5 mi
- MCAD Sculpture Garden: 1.7 mi
- Tulip House: 2.6 mi
- Legacy Ship: 2.7 mi
- Shoe Tree: 2.8 mi
- Berger Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Raspberry Island: 2.8 mi
- Mike's Island: 2.9 mi
- Wood Lake Nature Center: 4.3 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 1.5 mi
- Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 1.7 mi
- Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Lake Harriet North Beach: 2.3 mi
- Lake Harriet Southeast Beach: 2.4 mi
- Deer Pen: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Glen: 2.7 mi
- Wabun F: 2.8 mi
- Wabun G: 2.8 mi
- Wabun B: 2.8 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 2.6 mi
- Shadow Falls: 3.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.6 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.5 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.8 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 6.3 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.1 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 8.4 mi
- Seminary Hill: 9.9 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 2.6 mi
- West Clay Pit: 7.1 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 7.2 mi
- East Clay Pit: 7.2 mi
- Sand Castles: 9.3 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- wayside rest: 17.1 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 23.0 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 2.6 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 3.8 mi
- Boiling Springs: 13.2 mi
- White Worm Springs: 13.5 mi
- Nininger: 20.8 mi
- Garen: 24.2 mi
- Point Douglas: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bancroft Meridian Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissel's Mound | E 92° | 307 m | 20.7 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | N 6° | 293.522 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel607 obs
- Northern Cardinal596 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco481 obs
- Blue Jay478 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee473 obs
- Mallard472 obs
- American Crow435 obs
- Downy Woodpecker431 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/50332056
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 3 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 3 mi
- Twin Cities · 3 mi
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