Ghost town · Minnesota

Homedahl

Homedahl from directly overhead

Homedahl is a ghost town in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 356 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Clayton, a ghost town 4.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 93 miles off.

human settlement in United States of America

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Coordinates43.51790, -93.86880

92.7 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Quam Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
Good Neighbors Marsh Wildlife Protection Area: 7.1 mi
Harmon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi

Parks32

Buffalo Center Municipal Swimming Pool: 9.5 mi
Lions Park: 9.6 mi
Post Office Park: 9.8 mi
South Park: 10.1 mi
Steinberg Nature Park: 13.6 mi

Museums9

Heritage Museum: 10.0 mi
Wakefield House Museum: 14.1 mi
Etta C Ross Museum: 14.2 mi
Wells Depot Museum: 17.3 mi
Alden Community Museum: 18.1 mi

Historic sites6

Area Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 18.0 mi
World's Largest Bullhead: 20.6 mi
MIA-POW Display: 21.0 mi
Heritage Park: 22.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Clayton: 4.6 mi

Artworks1

Jolly Green Giant: 14.6 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 18.7 mi

Peaks1

Pilot Knob: 24.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pilot Knob	SE 139°	443 m	24.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:28
June solstice	05:35	20:17	21:01
September equinox	07:03	18:37	19:15
December solstice	07:46	15:56	16:43

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	19	32	46	58	69	72	70	62	49	34	21
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.7	3.4	4.6	5.5	4.9	4.1	3.7	2.5	1.7	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wells, 17 mi away.

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