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St. Paul – Changsha Friendship Garden

St. Paul – Changsha Friendship Garden from directly overhead

St. Paul – Changsha Friendship Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Phalen Regional Park Waterfall, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.0 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates44.99199, -93.06048

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Phalen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lookout Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wheelock Triangles: 0.6 mi
  • Wheelock Triangles: 0.7 mi
  • Gladstone Savanna Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 2.8 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 2.9 mi
  • Imniżaska: 3.0 mi
  • Southwood Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Maplewood Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Museums: 57
Beaches: 45
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 4.7 mi
  • Wabun A: 8.8 mi
  • Wabun B: 8.8 mi
  • Wabun C: 8.8 mi
  • Wabun D: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Seminary Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.5 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 12.1 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 0.1 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 4.1 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 3.0 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 5.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 5.7 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 5.8 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 7.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 8.3 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 118°330 m20.1 mi
Dills MoundSE 134°320 m20.9 mi
Starks MoundSE 130°310 m19.7 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 113°307 m12.1 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 284°293.522 m9.2 mi
Coons HillE 94°268 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737062483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee752 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee339 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee318 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee199 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee152 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee102 obs
  • Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee78 obs
  • Monarch73 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/1479448901

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