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London from directly overhead

London is a ghost town in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Mystical Mountain stands 470 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fifth Falls, a waterfall 5.7 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive passes 6.3 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

abandoned town in Lake County, Minnesota

How to reach it

Coordinates47.20278, -91.56972

72 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 14
Peaks: 12
  • Day Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Mariner Mountain: 14.0 mi
  • Elams Knob: 15.1 mi
  • Round Mountain: 16.2 mi
  • Mount Trudee: 17.6 mi
Parks: 10
  • Silver Creek Cliff Wayside Park: 9.1 mi
  • Kelsey Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Flood Bay State Wayside: 11.9 mi
  • Odegard Park: 12.8 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Lafayette Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Palisade Head: 18.7 mi
  • Kennedy Cliff: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Lake County Fairgrounds: 11.9 mi
  • Big Chairs: 12.5 mi
  • Devil's Rock: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mystical MountainNE 56°470 m21.1 mi
Marshall MountainNE 56°428 m21.5 mi
Palisade HeadENE 64°284 m18.4 mi
Day HillE 94°258 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1120:1921:07
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5115:2716:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101426395160656455432916
Precip in1.31.31.72.93.54.53.73.63.73.32.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TWO Harbors 7NW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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