Historic site · Minnesota
Glencoe Fort
Glencoe Fort is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. The nearest named place is Helping Hands Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 41 miles off.
The story
power station with capacity >1MW in McLeod County, Minnesota
Wikidata Q116697056, matched on coordinates and name (379 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- This town, laid out in June 1855, by Martin McLeod, Colonel John H. Stevens, and others, became the county seat of McLeod county. During the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 the town was heavily fortified and garrisoned, as many as four companies being stationed th
How to reach it
Coordinates44.77415, -94.15965
- 40.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 17.5 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hennepin Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Horsehoe Park: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.5 mi
- Glenn Knoll Park: 0.6 mi
- Horsehoe Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 12
- Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Tank: 13.0 mi
- Hutchinson Brothers: 13.1 mi
- Chief Little Crow: 18.2 mi
Museums: 9
- Wheel and Cog: 12.9 mi
- McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 14.2 mi
- Cokato Museum: 20.9 mi
- Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 21.0 mi
- Depot Museum: 22.5 mi
Gardens: 4
- Helping Hands Garden: 0.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 0.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 0.5 mi
- Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Lake Addie: 10.1 mi
- Heatwole: 12.5 mi
- Fernando: 16.9 mi
- San Francisco: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- Chief Little Crow: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Covered pavillion: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 1
- King's Hill: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 1
- Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 24.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:22 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:51 | 16:39 |
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 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownton Wwtp, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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