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Blooming Heights

Blooming Heights from directly overhead

Blooming Heights is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Original Castle Heights, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Columbia Heights Public Schools
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.05483, -93.23926

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Curt Ramsdell Park: 0.2 mi
  • Keyes Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kordiak Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hilltop Park: 0.5 mi
  • Silver Lake Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, Arden Hills: 5.2 mi
  • Mike's Island: 7.6 mi
  • Raspberry Island: 7.7 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 8.0 mi
  • Western Avenue Marsh: 8.6 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 48
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Golden Lake: 7.1 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 6.7 mi
  • Shady Ridge: 9.5 mi
  • Deer Pen: 9.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 9.7 mi
  • Wabun A: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 12.7 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.8 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Sand Castles: 11.1 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 11.2 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 11.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 11.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 10.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 114°307 m21.8 mi
Norwegian HillS 185°293.522 m2.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
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 °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard92 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee88 obs
  • Monarch78 obs
  • Great Horned Owl74 obs
  • Painted Turtle61 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel45 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant45 obs
  • rue anemone44 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/832310232

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