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Tamarack House Site

Tamarack House Site from directly overhead

Tamarack House Site is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lumberjack Landing, a park 0.2 miles away. St. Croix Scenic Byway runs past it. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Here in 1839, in Crawford County, Wisconsin Territory, Joseph R. Brown, first settler of this valley, laid out the town of Dahcotah. The following year as a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, Brown secured passage of a bill setting up St. C
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Coordinates45.07105, -92.80690

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lumberjack Landing: 0.2 mi
  • Schulenburg Park: 0.3 mi
  • Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • St. Croix Scenic Overlook: 1.0 mi
  • Otto Berg Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • St. Croix Boom Site: 1.4 mi
  • Wisconsin Welcomes You: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • River Bench: 7.3 mi
  • Roaming Stone: 8.5 mi
  • Snowman: 9.8 mi
  • White Bear Center for the Arts: 9.9 mi
  • Tug of War: 10.4 mi
Museums: 40
Gardens: 37
Attractions: 36
  • Majestic Star: 1.2 mi
  • Showboat: 1.2 mi
  • Anastasia: 1.2 mi
  • Empress: 1.2 mi
  • Jubilee II: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Brown's Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Browns Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Lakeland Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Bellaire Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Ramsey County Beach: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fairy Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Willow Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 17.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Coons Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Hellen: 8.6 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 10.3 mi
  • Melander Hill: 15.8 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 17.9 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 18.2 mi
  • Wabun A: 22.2 mi
  • Wabun C: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 15.3 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 18.1 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 18.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 18.4 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • White Worm Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillSSE 160°330 m15.8 mi
Dills MoundS 173°320 m20.3 mi
Starks MoundS 171°310 m18.2 mi
Bissel's MoundS 187°307 m10.3 mi
Norwegian HillW 262°293.522 m21.5 mi
Sandstone PointNNE 17°287 m23.5 mi
Coons HillSSE 154°268 m7.4 mi
Peaslee PeakNNE 15°229 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2520:1721:03
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4715:4416:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182335496171757365523724
Precip in1.00.91.53.14.25.44.55.33.23.21.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stillwater 1 SE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10922056148

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