Historic site · Minnesota

Tracy Tornado Memorial

Tracy Tornado Memorial from directly overhead

Tracy Tornado Memorial is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 422 m. Poverty Hill stands 526 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Travelers Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material: steel

Getting there

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Coordinates44.23871, -95.61919

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Greenhead Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
Shetek Wildlife Management Area, East Unit: 6.4 mi
Shetek Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 6.6 mi
Garvin Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
Brakke Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi

Parks48

Travelers Park: 0.3 mi
Tracy City Park: 0.4 mi
Sebastian Park: 0.5 mi
Legion Park: 0.5 mi
Lions Wayside Park: 0.7 mi

Peaks5

Očhéyadaŋ: 6.9 mi
Scenic Overlook: 10.6 mi
Poverty Hill: 13.3 mi
Red Rock Ridge High Point: 21.0 mi
457: 24.4 mi

Museums5

Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum: 7.3 mi
Westbrook Heritage House Museum: 16.5 mi
Lyon County Museum: 16.8 mi
Dinehart-Holt House: 18.8 mi
Murray County Historical Museum: 18.9 mi

Historic sites4

Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek: 7.7 mi
Veteran's Memorial: 12.7 mi
Our Lady of Victory: 14.2 mi
Veterans Memorial: 20.9 mi

Artworks3

The Mustang Statue: 16.2 mi
Mrs. Whitney Statue: 16.7 mi
Civil War Statue: 17.0 mi

Gardens2

Central Courtyard: 16.4 mi
Garden Courtyard: 16.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Poverty Hill	SW 220°	526 m	13.3 mi
Očhéyadaŋ	SSW 199°	475 m	6.9 mi
Red Rock Ridge High Point	SE 126°	463 m	21.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:57	19:35
June solstice	05:40	20:26	21:11
September equinox	07:10	18:44	19:22
December solstice	07:56	15:59	16:47

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	72	69	62	48	33	20
Precip in	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.9	4.0	4.5	3.5	3.4	3.8	2.3	1.3	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tracy, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7256314614

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