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Thanks for Visiting Minnesota

Thanks for Visiting Minnesota from directly overhead

Thanks for Visiting Minnesota is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 377 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnesota Welcomes You, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 81 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription: Thanks for Visiting Minnesota

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.50365, -93.35521

81.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
25.7 mi off the Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Grass Lake Unit: 1.0 mi
Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Grass Lake Unit: 1.3 mi
Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Grass Lake Unit: 1.9 mi
Silver Lake: 3.6 mi
Silver Lake Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi

Parks

Silver Lake Park: 3.4 mi
White Woods County Park: 6.1 mi
Hurd Park: 7.8 mi
Swensrud Park: 7.8 mi
St Nicholas County Park: 7.9 mi

Museums17

Worth County Historical Museum: 8.0 mi
Swensrud School Museum: 8.0 mi
Myrtle Museum: 10.5 mi
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum: 10.8 mi
Alden Community Museum: 16.0 mi

Historic sites9

Minnesota Welcomes You: 0.1 mi
Freeborn County Courthouse: 9.9 mi
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 10.7 mi
Rock Island Caboose: 17.0 mi
Buddy Holly Glasses: 19.6 mi

Rest areas2

Iowa Welcome Center: 4.0 mi
Rest Area: 12.0 mi

Attractions2

Mower County Fairgrounds: 21.2 mi
Lansing Corners: 24.8 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 7.7 mi

Beaches1

Albert Lea Beach: 10.5 mi

Artworks1

Buddy Holly Crash Site: 19.6 mi

Peaks1

Pilot Knob: 20.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Clayton: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thanks for Visiting Minnesota. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pilot Knob	SSW 210°	443 m	20.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:48	19:26
June solstice	05:33	20:15	20:59
September equinox	07:01	18:35	19:13
December solstice	07:44	15:54	16:41

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	19	31	45	58	69	72	70	62	48	34	21
Precip in	0.9	0.9	1.9	3.7	4.9	5.4	4.8	4.3	3.7	2.6	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albert LEA 3SE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10573603994

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