Bell Museum
Bell Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gibb's Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Bell Museum, formerly known as the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, is located at the University of Minnesota's Saint Paul campus. The museum's current location on the Saint Paul campus opened in 2018. The Minnesota wildlife dioramas focus on animal specimens native to the state. The museum also houses the digital Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium. The museum is part of the university's College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. The museum's former location on University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus closed in January 2017.
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Dates from 1872.
Wikidata Q4883219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 1.6 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 19.2 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- May Mountain · 3 mi
- Mound · 3 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 4 mi
- 26th Avenue North Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gibb's Museum: 0.1 mi
- Goldstein Museum of Design: 0.5 mi
- Twin City Model Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
- Heritage Gallery: 2.2 mi
- Weisman Art Museum: 2.7 mi
- Grove Park: 0.1 mi
- Mullin's Woodland: 0.4 mi
- Falcon Heights Community Park: 0.5 mi
- The Lawn: 0.6 mi
- College Park: 0.6 mi
- Department of Horticultural Science Display and Trial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Sydney Triangle: 1.6 mi
- Centennial Garden: 1.9 mi
- Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden: 1.9 mi
- Bronze Bull Sculptures: 0.6 mi
- Corn: 0.9 mi
- Minnesota Corn Fairstalk: 0.9 mi
- Clown with Balloons: 1.0 mi
- Impressionist Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- Philando Castile Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Falcon Heights: 1.1 mi
- Engineering Research Associates: 2.0 mi
- Bishop: 2.0 mi
- Mannheimer Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Minnesota State Fairgrounds: 0.9 mi
- Carousel: 1.0 mi
- Math On-A-Stick: 1.1 mi
- Space Tower: 1.2 mi
- Wolf Woods: 1.7 mi
- Willow Reserve: 3.6 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 6.2 mi
- Raspberry Island: 6.3 mi
- Mike's Island: 6.3 mi
- White Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 3.5 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 5.3 mi
- Gervais Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
- Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 5.9 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 1.8 mi
- Deer Pen: 5.2 mi
- Wabun A: 5.2 mi
- Wabun B: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Glen: 5.3 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 3.6 mi
- Seminary Hill: 5.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.9 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.3 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 13.6 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.2 mi
- Shadow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.6 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
- East Clay Pit: 6.2 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 6.2 mi
- West Clay Pit: 6.2 mi
- Sand Castles: 6.5 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 19.7 mi
- wayside rest: 20.2 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 2.8 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 6.4 mi
- White Worm Springs: 12.2 mi
- Boiling Springs: 18.4 mi
- Garen: 19.0 mi
- Nininger: 20.8 mi
- Point Douglas: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bell Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks Mound | ESE 120° | 310 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 105° | 307 m | 17.9 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NW 311° | 293.522 m | 3.6 mi |
| Coons Hill | E 93° | 268 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/580258639
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 2 mi
- Twin Cities · 3 mi
- Minneapolis · 4 mi
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