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Garden of Good Hearts

Garden of Good Hearts from directly overhead

Garden of Good Hearts is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woman and Wolf Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 0.8 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates44.93252, -93.08465

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Terrace Park: 0.1 mi
  • Theodosia Kidd Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parque de Castillo: 0.3 mi
  • Prospect Park: 0.3 mi
  • Baker Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 1.4 mi
  • Imniżaska: 1.6 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.0 mi
  • Pig's Eye Island Heron Rookery SNA: 3.5 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 3.6 mi
Gardens
  • David Barton Community Reflective Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Dayton Bluff Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Rivoli Bluffs Farm: 2.0 mi
  • Victoria Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 48
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 4.7 mi
  • Wabun C: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun A: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun B: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun D: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 5.6 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.9 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 4.3 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 1.4 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 1.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 1.7 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 1.8 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 105°330 m19.7 mi
Dills MoundESE 123°320 m19.2 mi
Starks MoundESE 117°310 m18.4 mi
Bissel's MoundE 93°307 m12.3 mi
Norwegian HillNW 310°293.522 m10.0 mi
Coons HillE 80°268 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133475969737163493522
Precip in0.50.51.42.64.04.64.04.13.12.51.30.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul Dwtn AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee316 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel182 obs
  • Rock Pigeon146 obs
  • American Robin135 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee132 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee129 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee108 obs
  • Western Honey Bee95 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/480955431

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