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Remembrance Garden

Remembrance Garden from directly overhead

Remembrance Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 276 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 21 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Northfield
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates44.45313, -93.16382

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Lions Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ames Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bridge Square: 0.2 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.3 mi
  • River Walk: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 22
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 16
Museums: 8
  • Northfield Historical Society: 0.3 mi
  • Millersburg School: 8.3 mi
  • Rice County Historical Society: 11.2 mi
  • Cannon Falls Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Kenyon Area Historical Society at the Gunderson House: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Santa's Cottage: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Chime Tower: 1.1 mi
  • Rice County Fairgrounds: 11.3 mi
  • Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 13.0 mi
  • Ampitheater: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Lake Byllesby Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Lake Byllesby beach: 11.6 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Watzl's Point Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 23.1 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Hill of Three Oaks: 1.1 mi
  • West Praire Hill: 7.3 mi
  • East Prairie Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Friendship Point: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • fire ring: 11.2 mi
  • Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 17.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Boiling Springs: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Prairie HillENE 63°297 m7.4 mi
West Praire HillENE 62°294 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2920:1721:02
September equinox07:0018:3419:12
December solstice07:4715:4816:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141830445768716961473321
Precip in1.01.01.93.14.45.64.64.73.72.61.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faribault, 11 mi away.

  • bloodroot138 obs
  • Monarch130 obs
  • Mallard128 obs
  • American Toad119 obs
  • Siberian squill118 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf115 obs
  • White-tailed Deer104 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit104 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1181492197

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