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Mount Olivet Chapel

Mount Olivet Chapel from directly overhead

Mount Olivet Chapel is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the east, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Swan Lake Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 7.7 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

cemetery in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States

Wikidata Q117581134, matched on coordinates and name (37 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.02968, -93.43634

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Swan Lake Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mission Hills Park: 0.6 mi
  • Zachary Playfield: 0.8 mi
  • Schmidt Lake Park: 1.0 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
  • Man With A Briefcase: 4.0 mi
  • Sunworshipper: 4.1 mi
  • Cootie: 4.8 mi
  • Ferndale North Welcome Sign: 5.3 mi
  • Aqurbane: 6.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Burnes Park: 7.2 mi
  • Downtown Park: 7.4 mi
  • Tulip House: 8.4 mi
  • Berger Fountain: 8.6 mi
  • MCAD Sculpture Garden: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 46
  • French Park Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Robinson's Bay Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Shady Ridge: 0.7 mi
  • Chipmunk picnic area: 8.0 mi
  • North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 11.0 mi
  • Deer Pen: 13.6 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 13.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Shadow Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 14.6 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Minnehaha Falls: 13.6 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 17.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 17.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 17.6 mi
  • Sand Castles: 18.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 18.0 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Norwegian HillE 92°293.522 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:26
June solstice05:2820:2021:05
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:5015:4716:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737062483421
Precip in0.91.01.93.34.54.64.54.23.43.01.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Hope, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2426104317

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