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Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden

Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden from directly overhead

Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Enchanted Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates44.98257, -93.15092

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lexington Parkway: 0.5 mi
  • Midway Parkway: 0.6 mi
  • Tilden Park: 0.7 mi
  • Baldwin Park: 0.9 mi
  • Curtiss Field: 0.9 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 52
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 0.4 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.3 mi
  • Deer Pen: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun C: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Norwegian Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 7.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.9 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 0.3 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 4.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 4.7 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.2 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 111°330 m23.9 mi
Dills MoundSE 126°320 m23.9 mi
Starks MoundESE 121°310 m22.9 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 105°307 m16.0 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 303°293.522 m5.4 mi
Coons HillE 91°268 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455868727062483320
Precip in0.70.71.63.04.24.64.64.53.32.91.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,320 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee725 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee524 obs
  • Monarch392 obs
  • Western Honey Bee390 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee337 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee311 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee278 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/159057878

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