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35W Bridge Remembrance Garden

35W Bridge Remembrance Garden from directly overhead

35W Bridge Remembrance Garden is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ordovician Pore, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Our lives are not only defined by what happens, but by how we act in the face of it, not only by what life brings us, but by what we bring to life. Selfless actions and compassion create enduring community out of tragic events.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.97826, -93.25195

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Gold Medal Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lucy Wilder Morris Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bluff Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Water Power Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Father Hennepin Bluffs: 0.2 mi
  • Mill City Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Washburn A Mill Ruins: 0.3 mi
  • John Sargent Pillsbury: 0.7 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • West Bank Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Community Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Gethsemane Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Garden of the Seasons: 1.7 mi
  • Sheridan Community Garden: 1.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 52
  • White Sand Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 3.4 mi
  • 32nd Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 4.7 mi
  • Deer Pen: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 4.8 mi
  • Wabun B: 4.8 mi
  • Wabun A: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 8.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.9 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.8 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.1 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 14.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of 35W Bridge Remembrance Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 100°307 m20.8 mi
Norwegian HillN 8°293.522 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/174862040

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