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Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden from directly overhead

Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wirth Lake Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.97591, -93.32113

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
  • Meadow Pond: 0.5 mi
  • Brownie Lake Park: 0.5 mi
  • Garden of Hope and Healing: 0.6 mi
  • Janalyn Pond: 0.6 mi
  • Laurel Triangle: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 46
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Cedar Lake South Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Shady Ridge: 6.1 mi
  • Deer Pen: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 6.9 mi
  • Wabun F: 7.0 mi
  • Wabun B: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.6 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 10.1 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.8 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 10.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 10.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 11.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Shadow Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 8.7 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 12.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 14.7 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Elm Creek Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Dayton Port Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • wayside rest: 21.0 mi
  • St. Croix Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 98°307 m24.1 mi
Norwegian HillNE 48°293.522 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • marsh calla280 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee226 obs
  • rue anemone220 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird189 obs
  • Wood Duck178 obs
  • Mallard172 obs
  • Canada Goose164 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel159 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/35580723

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