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Minnehaha Depot

Minnehaha Depot from directly overhead

Minnehaha Depot is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Dills Mound stands 320 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is John H. Stevens House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Wikidata Q6868066, matched on coordinates and name (528 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Transportation Museum
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.91416, -93.21134

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Gardens
  • Longfellow Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • English Garden: 1.5 mi
  • We Garden: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Minnehaha Regional Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.7 mi
  • Yardville Right of Way: 0.7 mi
  • Assembly Union Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hiawatha School Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Ohiyesa: 1.7 mi
  • You Are Here: 2.1 mi
  • A Boreal Triad: 2.1 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Main Mall Gallery: 2.1 mi
  • Snoopy at The North Star Flying Ace: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Picnic Glen: 0.2 mi
  • Wabun G: 0.3 mi
  • Wabun F: 0.3 mi
  • Deer Pen: 0.3 mi
  • Wabun D: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Pilot Knob: 3.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 6.1 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.2 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Minnehaha Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.7 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 0.1 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 5.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 7.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 11.0 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dills MoundESE 113°320 m24.2 mi
Starks MoundESE 108°310 m23.6 mi
Bissel's MoundE 88°307 m18.5 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 349°293.522 m7.8 mi
Coons HillE 80°268 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133476070747264503522
Precip in0.90.91.72.93.94.64.14.33.02.61.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis-st Paul Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/101470447

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