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Minnesota Transportation Museum

Minnesota Transportation Museum from directly overhead

Minnesota Transportation Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cayuga Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

transportation museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Wikidata Q6868587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
258 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.96278, -93.09652

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cayuga Park: 0.3 mi
  • Scheffer Park: 0.7 mi
  • Trout Brook Nature Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
  • Capitol Lawn: 0.7 mi
  • Lewis Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Rivoli Bluffs Farm: 0.6 mi
  • David Barton Community Reflective Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Dayton Bluff Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Victoria Garden: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 48
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 3.1 mi
  • Wabun A: 6.2 mi
  • Wabun C: 6.2 mi
  • Wabun B: 6.2 mi
  • Wabun D: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 6.8 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.4 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.7 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 2.8 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 1.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 3.0 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 3.2 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 3.2 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.6 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 110°330 m20.9 mi
Dills MoundSE 127°320 m20.9 mi
Starks MoundESE 122°310 m19.9 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 102°307 m13.1 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 301°293.522 m8.3 mi
Coons HillE 87°268 m17.4 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 solstice07:4815:4516:34

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/248773802

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