Site of Sundown Village
Site of Sundown Village is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Neudecker Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 4.2 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
123 named places within 25 miles
- Schoo Park: 5.4 mi
- Wanda Ancestral Park: 5.5 mi
- Browns Park: 8.6 mi
- East End Park: 8.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Geology of the Redwood Falls Region: 15.8 mi
- Sleepy Eye Welcomes You: 17.9 mi
- Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek: 18.6 mi
- Ish Tak Ha Ba Monument: 18.8 mi
- Redwood County Historic Society: 15.2 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs: 16.4 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site: 16.5 mi
- Renville County Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
- Sleepy Eye Depot Museum: 18.8 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs: 16.3 mi
- Red Rock Ridge High Point: 20.1 mi
- Cottonwood County Highest Point: 22.0 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 14.1 mi
- Swaybacked Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.6 mi
- Creek Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Vicksburg: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Sundown Village. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood County Highest Point | SSW 195° | 479 m | 22.0 mi |
| Red Rock Ridge High Point | SSW 205° | 463 m | 20.1 mi |
| Jeffers Petroglyphs | S 171° | 391 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:24 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:57 | 16:45 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 44 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield 1 NW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12120805879
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