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Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Soldiers and Sailors Monument from directly overhead

Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 0.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1903
Getting there

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Coordinates44.94805, -93.10743

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Summit Park: 0.0 mi
  • Cathedral Hill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Boyd Park: 0.3 mi
  • Western Park: 0.4 mi
  • Capitol Lawn: 0.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Victoria Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Rivoli Bluffs Farm: 1.5 mi
  • Garden of Good Hearts: 1.5 mi
  • David Barton Community Reflective Garden: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 50
  • Phalen Park Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 4.8 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 3.1 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.2 mi
  • Wabun C: 5.2 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.3 mi
  • Wabun D: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 5.7 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 9.3 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.0 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 3.9 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 1.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 1.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 2.1 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 2.1 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 5.5 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 107°330 m21.1 mi
Dills MoundSE 124°320 m20.8 mi
Starks MoundESE 119°310 m19.9 mi
Bissel's MoundE 97°307 m13.5 mi
Norwegian HillNW 309°293.522 m8.5 mi
Coons HillE 84°268 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737162483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul 3SW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1502898836

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