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Lawshe Museum

Lawshe Museum from directly overhead

Lawshe Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fred Lawshe Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.0 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Dakota County Historical Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.89169, -93.03684

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fred Lawshe Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wildflower Levee Park: 0.6 mi
  • Roosevelt Field: 0.6 mi
  • Veteran's Field: 0.8 mi
  • Lorraine Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Pig's Eye Island Heron Rookery SNA: 0.9 mi
  • Carver Neighborhood Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Highwood Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Applewood Neighborhood Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Museums: 56
Beaches: 43
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 8.3 mi
  • Wabun C: 8.3 mi
  • Wabun A: 8.4 mi
  • Wabun D: 8.4 mi
  • Wabun B: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 6.5 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.7 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 10.2 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 8.2 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • East Clay Pit: 4.1 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.1 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.2 mi
  • Sand Castles: 4.3 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 5.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 2.3 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillE 98°330 m16.9 mi
Dills MoundESE 119°320 m15.8 mi
Starks MoundESE 112°310 m15.1 mi
Bissel's MoundENE 78°307 m10.2 mi
Norwegian HillNW 312°293.522 m13.7 mi
Coons HillENE 68°268 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133475969737163493522
Precip in0.50.51.42.64.04.64.04.13.12.51.30.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul Dwtn AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/447027400

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