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LifeGARDEN Community Garden

LifeGARDEN Community Garden from directly overhead

LifeGARDEN Community Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Creek Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 8.7 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Access
Private
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.09074, -93.51376

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Maple Creek Park: 0.3 mi
  • Corcoran Lions Park: 0.6 mi
  • Grove West Park: 0.9 mi
  • Elm Creek Valley Linear Park: 1.1 mi
  • Weaver Lake Access: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Pixel Jared: 7.2 mi
  • Ferndale North Welcome Sign: 7.5 mi
  • Cootie: 9.5 mi
  • Anoka Kindness Rock Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Man With A Briefcase: 9.6 mi
Gardens
  • Ray Lemke Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Southbrook Community Gardens: 7.6 mi
  • Shelard Park Gardens: 9.4 mi
  • Grape Arbor: 10.2 mi
  • Shade Garden: 10.2 mi
Attractions
  • Pumpkin Roundabout: 9.4 mi
  • Oliver H. Kelley Farm: 11.7 mi
  • Burnes Park: 12.4 mi
  • Downtown Park: 12.6 mi
  • Apple Jack Orchard: 13.4 mi
Museums: 59
Nature reserves: 57
Beaches: 41
  • French Park Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Rice Street Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Robinson's Bay Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Deephaven Main Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Chipmunk picnic area: 5.7 mi
  • Shady Ridge: 6.4 mi
  • North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 14.2 mi
  • Covered pavillion: 17.9 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 19.2 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 17.1 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 18.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Shadow Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 19.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Minnehaha Falls: 19.1 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 22.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 22.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 23.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hajduk Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Norwegian HillESE 109°293.522 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:27
June solstice05:2820:2021:05
September equinox07:0218:3519:13
December solstice07:5015:4716:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162033465869737162483421
Precip in0.60.61.42.94.34.44.24.13.22.61.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis Crystal AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Toad22 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee17 obs
  • common milkweed15 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf14 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail12 obs
  • quaking aspen11 obs
  • Japanese Beetle11 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/702549691

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