Carnegie
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
- 4.8 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Tower · 13 mi
- Inkpaduta Campsite · 15 mi
- Exhibit Quarry · 15 mi
- Lake Haiwatha · 15 mi
127 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Luverne Bell: 10.2 mi
- WWII: 10.6 mi
- WWII Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Flags: 10.7 mi
- 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
- The Palisades: 12.5 mi
- Dells of the Sioux River: 20.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 7.7 mi
- King & Queen Rock: 12.7 mi
- Winnewissa Falls: 15.5 mi
- Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 19.6 mi
- Secret Garden: 22.8 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray County Highest Point | NE 49° | 587.8 m | 19.8 mi |
| Nobles County Highest Point | ENE 78° | 552.4 m | 20.3 mi |
| Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point | E 86° | 546.3 m | 21.5 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SE 139° | 527 m | 8.9 mi |
| Jasper Peak | NW 309° | 523.3 m | 4.3 mi |
| Touch the Sky Prairie High Point | SSE 147° | 518 m | 3.9 mi |
| Egan Mounds | NW 310° | 484 m | 19.8 mi |
| Orphanage Hill | W 278° | 484 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:28 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 16:04 | 16:51 |
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 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 47 | 32 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipestone, 15 mi away.
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