Pumpkin Palooza
Pumpkin Palooza is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 371 m. Mount Tom stands 419 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Atwater Area Historical Society and Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Come pick out your pumpkins. This huge garden offers a variety of pumpkin colors and sizes, gordes, and squash every fall; from September -October.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Park: 0.7 mi
- Saulsbury Beach: 9.8 mi
- Spicer Outdoor Rink: 10.4 mi
- Big Kandiyohi Lake County Park East: 11.2 mi
- Ladybird Park: 11.4 mi
- Atwater Area Historical Society and Museum: 0.2 mi
- Meeker County Historical Society Museum: 12.4 mi
- Meeker County Historical Society Museum: 12.4 mi
- G.A.R Hall: 12.4 mi
- Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum: 12.5 mi
- Badger Hill: 17.4 mi
- Mount Tom: 17.7 mi
- Little Mt. Tom: 17.7 mi
- King's Hill: 20.0 mi
- Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Chief Little Crow: 22.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
- A maze'n Farmyard: 15.0 mi
- World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 18.4 mi
- Anderson Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Giant Crow Statue: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pumpkin Palooza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | NW 316° | 419 m | 17.7 mi |
| Little Mt. Tom | NW 316° | 408 m | 17.7 mi |
| Badger Hill | NW 315° | 405 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:51 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 10 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 45 | 30 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield, 12 mi away.
- blue vervain3 obs
- Northern Paper Wasp2 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider2 obs
- foxglove beardtongue2 obs
- swamp milkweed2 obs
- black raspberry2 obs
- Lilac Penstemon2 obs
- Canada anemone2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/590895297
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