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Woodbury Public Safety Memorial

Woodbury Public Safety Memorial from directly overhead

Woodbury Public Safety Memorial is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodbury Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 3.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

City in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.

Dates from 1967.

Wikidata Q862672, matched on coordinates and name (156 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.91903, -92.93552

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Timberlea Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ridgegate Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.9 mi
  • Summit Pointe Park: 0.9 mi
  • Evergreen East Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Applewood Neighborhood Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Carver Neighborhood Preserve: 3.1 mi
  • Highwood Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Maplewood Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Pig's Eye Island Heron Rookery SNA: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 58
  • Woodbury Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Oakdale Veteran's Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Charles W. "Speed" Holman: 5.9 mi
  • Cottage Grove Armory - Minnesota National Guard: 6.3 mi
  • West St. Paul: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 57
Museums: 52
  • Lawshe Museum: 5.3 mi
  • North Star Museum Of Boy Scouting & Girl Scouting: 7.1 mi
  • The North St. Paul Historical Society Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Afton Historical Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Minnesota Museum Of American Art: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Saint Croix Railroad: 9.7 mi
  • Avalon: 11.3 mi
  • Jubilee II: 11.3 mi
  • Empress: 11.3 mi
  • Anastasia: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 33
Peaks: 11
  • Bissel's Mound: 5.0 mi
  • Coons Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Starks Mound: 11.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 11.7 mi
  • Melander Hill: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 11.5 mi
  • Wabun C: 13.1 mi
  • Wabun A: 13.2 mi
  • Wabun B: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.9 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 11.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 6.8 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 8.2 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 8.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 8.7 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 8.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 3.8 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE330 m12.5 mi
Dills MoundSE320 m13.0 mi
Starks MoundSE310 m11.7 mi
Bissel's MoundE307 m5.0 mi
Norwegian HillWNW294 m16.7 mi
Coons HillENE268 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:24
June solstice05:2620:1721:02
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4715:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737062483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9806895016

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