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Dragon Garden

Dragon Garden from directly overhead

Dragon Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Poet's Post, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 2.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.98191, -93.05740

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Phalen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Phalen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wheelock Triangles: 0.7 mi
  • Wheelock Triangles: 0.7 mi
  • Wheelock Parkway: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 2.2 mi
  • Imniżaska: 2.3 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 2.9 mi
  • Maplewood Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Southwood Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums: 57
Beaches: 45
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 4.8 mi
  • Wabun A: 8.5 mi
  • Wabun C: 8.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 8.5 mi
  • Wabun D: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Seminary Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.0 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 11.7 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 0.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 4.2 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 2.3 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 5.0 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 5.2 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 5.2 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 116°330 m19.7 mi
Dills MoundSE 133°320 m20.3 mi
Starks MoundSE 128°310 m19.1 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 110°307 m11.7 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 288°293.522 m9.5 mi
Coons HillE 92°268 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737062483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee820 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee373 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee366 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee215 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee185 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee112 obs
  • Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee94 obs
  • Monarch80 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/1275021211

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