Museum · Minnesota
Blacksmith Shop
Blacksmith Shop is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 376 m. The nearest named place is Bachelor Cabin, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Steele County Historic Society
How to reach it
Coordinates44.06891, -93.21771
- 42.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Trophy Case: 0.1 mi
- Fairgrounds Park: 0.2 mi
- Steele County Community Center: 0.3 mi
- Owatonna Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
- Sid Kinyon Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
- MN Pheasants, Inc.: 1.6 mi
- Somerset Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Prairie Rose Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Swan Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Little Fawn Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
Museums: 25
- Bachelor Cabin: 0.0 mi
- Two-Story Cabin: 0.0 mi
- Bixby Depot: 0.0 mi
- Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Caboose: 0.0 mi
- Fire Hall: 0.0 mi
Historic sites: 10
- Steele County Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Alexander Faribault House: 15.5 mi
- Rice County Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Wasioja Seminary Ruins: 19.9 mi
Attractions: 4
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 17.0 mi
- Dodge County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi
- Voyager Valley Teepee: 24.4 mi
- Lansing Corners: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 3
- Lighter Than Some: 3.3 mi
- Regeneration: 3.4 mi
- Between Earth and Sky: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Molly Falls: 19.6 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 19.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 1.4 mi
Peaks: 1
- Mount Krystosek: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 1
- Janesville Community Gardens: 24.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:16 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 31 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 2 mi away.
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