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Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center

Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center from directly overhead

Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 507 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Winnewissa Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

located near Pipestone, Minnesota

Dates from 1937-08-25.

Wikidata Q1332397, matched on coordinates and name (18 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee: No

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.01333, -96.32523

0.9 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Pit Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
Troy Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
Terrace Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
Ringneck Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
Winter Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 8.5 mi

Parks26

Hiawatha Pageant Park: 0.5 mi
Leon H. Moore Park: 0.6 mi
Westview Park: 1.0 mi
Water Tower Park: 1.1 mi
Southwest Park: 1.2 mi

Peaks9

Jasper Peak: 13.0 mi
Egan Mounds: 14.7 mi
Murray County Highest Point: 15.9 mi
Trent Mounds: 18.8 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 18.9 mi

Museums4

Pipestone County Museum: 1.0 mi
Moody County Museum: 13.0 mi
Heritage Center: 17.2 mi
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum: 22.4 mi

Historic sites3

Sundance Site: 0.4 mi
Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
Luverne Bell: 24.9 mi

Ghost towns2

Cazenovia: 4.3 mi
Carnegie: 15.4 mi

Artworks2

Dinosaur Statue: 21.9 mi
Fireman Statue: 24.4 mi

Cliffs2

Dells of the Sioux River: 23.8 mi
The Palisades: 24.4 mi

Waterfalls1

Winnewissa Falls: 0.3 mi

Beaches1

Swim Beach: 8.4 mi

Gardens1

Secret Garden: 13.6 mi

Attractions1

King & Queen Rock: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Murray County Highest Point	E 99°	587.8 m	15.9 mi
Nobles County Highest Point	ESE 119°	552.4 m	23.5 mi
Eagle Rock	SSE 164°	527 m	23.0 mi
Jasper Peak	SSW 192°	523.3 m	13.0 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High Point	S 172°	518 m	18.9 mi
Egan Mounds	W 260°	484 m	14.7 mi
Orphanage Hill	WSW 237°	484 m	23.3 mi
Trent Mounds	WSW 240°	455 m	18.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	19:00	19:38
June solstice	05:43	20:28	21:12
September equinox	07:13	18:47	19:25
December solstice	07:58	16:03	16:51

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	44	57	68	72	70	62	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.5	3.0	4.0	4.4	3.3	3.5	3.2	2.3	1.1	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipestone, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/224374563

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