Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden
Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Creek Park & Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 22 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 27.2 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Spring Lake Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Creek Park & Playground: 0.1 mi
- Wheeler Park: 0.3 mi
- Aspen Park: 0.3 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 0.3 mi
- Meadows Park: 0.5 mi
- Rachel Carson Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Spring Creek Nature Area: 0.5 mi
- Cannon River AMA: 2.9 mi
- Cannon River Wilderness Park: 5.2 mi
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 6.0 mi
- Northfield Area Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza: 1.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 1.3 mi
- Carleton Sundial: 1.7 mi
- First marriage in Northfield: 1.7 mi
- Northfield Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 1.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bee Garden: 1.2 mi
- Dragonfly Garden: 1.2 mi
- Voices, Thoughts, & Spirits in the Wind: 1.0 mi
- Harvest: 1.3 mi
- Love Windmill: 1.3 mi
- 5th Street Bridge: 1.4 mi
- Young Sculptor's Project: 1.4 mi
- Northfield Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- Millersburg School: 8.6 mi
- Rice County Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- Cannon Falls Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- Kenyon Area Historical Society at the Gunderson House: 13.9 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 1.3 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 2.2 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 10.6 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 12.9 mi
- Ampitheater: 23.0 mi
- Hill of Three Oaks: 1.8 mi
- West Praire Hill: 7.4 mi
- East Prairie Hill: 7.6 mi
- Friendship Point: 10.4 mi
- Mount Krystosek: 24.8 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 11.3 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 11.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 20.5 mi
- Watzl's Point Beach: 23.8 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 24.3 mi
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 2.4 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 6.8 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 10.8 mi
- wayside rest: 18.2 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 6.1 mi
- Molly Falls: 6.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.7 mi
- fire ring: 11.2 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie Hill | NE 54° | 297 m | 7.6 mi |
| West Praire Hill | NE 53° | 294 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:48 | 16:36 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faribault, 11 mi away.
- Siberian squill74 obs
- Mallard59 obs
- Monarch50 obs
- Canada Goose46 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle46 obs
- bloodroot46 obs
- Greengill Sunfish44 obs
- Eastern Cottontail40 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.
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