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Spring Lake Park Reserve Community Garden

Spring Lake Park Reserve Community Garden from directly overhead

Spring Lake Park Reserve Community Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Nininger, a ghost town 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.6 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Dakota County Parks
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.76351, -92.93319

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eagle Bluff Park: 2.5 mi
  • Dakota County Spring Lake Park Reserve Archery Trail: 2.7 mi
  • Settler's Bluff Community Park: 3.2 mi
  • Settler's Bluff Community Park: 3.2 mi
  • Pine Glen Park: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Church Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Biscanyne Park Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Employee Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Sylvia's Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Winthrop Community Garden: 12.0 mi
Artworks
Museums: 56
Attractions: 37
  • Ampitheater: 13.0 mi
  • Saint Croix Railroad: 13.7 mi
  • UWRF Observatory: 16.6 mi
  • Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 17.3 mi
  • Cafesjian's Carousel: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Carver Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Dog Cove: 10.3 mi
  • Pembles Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Riverside Beach: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Dills Mound: 8.7 mi
  • Starks Mound: 9.5 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 12.1 mi
  • Melander Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Wabun C: 16.9 mi
  • Wabun D: 17.0 mi
  • Wabun A: 17.0 mi
  • Wabun G: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • Robinson's Rocks: 4.9 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 13.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 13.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 13.9 mi
  • Sand Castles: 14.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillENE 61°330 m13.3 mi
Dills MoundE 83°320 m8.7 mi
Starks MoundENE 70°310 m9.5 mi
Bissel's MoundNNE 24°307 m12.1 mi
East Prairie HillSSW 195°297 m18.7 mi
West Praire HillSSW 195°294 m18.7 mi
Norwegian HillNW 320°293.522 m23.6 mi
Coons HillNNE 33°268 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:24
June solstice05:2720:1721:02
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4715:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151931465869737163503522
Precip in0.90.91.83.14.34.94.44.23.22.61.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings DAM 2, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bloodroot93 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches88 obs
  • Canada Violet56 obs
  • rue anemone45 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf44 obs
  • purple coneflower42 obs
  • Hackberry Emperor41 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica39 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/761787829

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