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Carnegie

Carnegie from directly overhead

Carnegie is a ghost town in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 528 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartles Northern Tallgrass Prairie Refuge, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

ghost town in Maine, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates43.79068, -96.31159

Overlooks nearby

127 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 46
  • Milford Remme Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Split Rock Creek State Park: 7.3 mi
  • Split Rock Creek State Park: 7.8 mi
  • Wayside Chapel Park: 8.3 mi
  • Tonto Park: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 3.9 mi
  • Jasper Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 8.9 mi
  • The Mound: 8.9 mi
  • Trent Mounds: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Luverne Bell: 10.2 mi
  • WWII: 10.6 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Flags: 10.7 mi
Museums: 8
  • Hinkly House Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Manitou: 10.7 mi
  • Rock County Historical Society and Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Pipestone County Museum: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
Attractions: 1
  • King & Queen Rock: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Secret Garden: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Corn Feeding Area: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointNE 49°587.8 m19.8 mi
Nobles County Highest PointENE 78°552.4 m20.3 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointE 86°546.3 m21.5 mi
Eagle RockSE 139°527 m8.9 mi
Jasper PeakNW 309°523.3 m4.3 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High PointSSE 147°518 m3.9 mi
Egan MoundsNW 310°484 m19.8 mi
Orphanage HillW 278°484 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:38
June solstice05:4420:2821:12
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:5716:0416:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768727062473219
Precip in0.70.71.53.04.04.43.33.53.22.31.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipestone, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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