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Glencoe Veterans Memorial

Glencoe Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Glencoe Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. The nearest named place is Welcome Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 40 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription: To honor and remember all veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States of America

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.76889, -94.13229

40.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
16.3 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Welcome Park: 0.0 mi
Oscar Olson Park: 0.4 mi
Hennepin Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
Drew Park: 1.0 mi
Horsehoe Park: 1.0 mi

Nature reserves

Proehl's Woods Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Severance Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
Bob Gehlen Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Crow Wing River II Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
Bob Gehlen Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi

Historic sites13

Glencoe Fort: 1.4 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
Tank: 14.3 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 14.4 mi
Chief Little Crow: 19.3 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 14.2 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 15.6 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 19.9 mi
Cokato Museum: 21.4 mi
S. B. Strait House: 22.6 mi

Gardens4

Helping Hands Garden: 1.3 mi
Monarch Waystation: 1.3 mi
Monarch Waystation: 1.3 mi
Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 19.8 mi

Ghost towns4

Lake Addie: 11.5 mi
Heatwole: 13.9 mi
Fernando: 17.9 mi
San Francisco: 21.7 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 14.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Covered pavillion: 20.2 mi

Attractions1

Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 23.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:50	19:29
June solstice	05:31	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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10613375756

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