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Plank Museum & Visitor Center

Plank Museum & Visitor Center from directly overhead

Plank Museum & Visitor Center is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Fort Snelling, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Historical Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.89318, -93.18402

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Ohiyesa: 0.4 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 1.3 mi
  • White Sculpture: 1.4 mi
  • You Are Here: 1.4 mi
  • A Boreal Triad: 1.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • McDonough Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 1.2 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.6 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 4.1 mi
  • Milkweed and Monarchs: 5.4 mi
Gardens
  • Longfellow Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • English Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • We Garden: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Snelling Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun C: 1.8 mi
  • Wabun D: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun G: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun F: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun A: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 1.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 4.6 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.7 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hidden Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.5 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.0 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 3.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 3.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 4.1 mi
  • Sand Castles: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 4.6 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillE 96°330 m24.0 mi
Dills MoundESE 110°320 m22.4 mi
Starks MoundESE 105°310 m21.9 mi
Bissel's MoundE 83°307 m17.3 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 342°293.522 m9.6 mi
Coons HillENE 75°268 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:35

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/103212901

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