Saco Church (St. Wenceslas Church of Morvia)
Saco Church (St. Wenceslas Church of Morvia) is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. The nearest named place is Pillsbury Academy Cannon, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.
Built in 1891 in Lemond Township, the “Saco Church” is officially named the St. Wenceslas Church of Moravia, the rural location’s original name. Moved from seven miles southwest of Owatonna, it contains all of the furnishings when closed in 1952...
What to expect
- Operated by
- Steele County Historic Society
How to reach it
- 42.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Trophy Case: 0.1 mi
- Fairgrounds Park: 0.2 mi
- Steele County Community Center: 0.3 mi
- Owatonna Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
- Sid Kinyon Park: 0.6 mi
- MN Pheasants, Inc.: 1.6 mi
- Somerset Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Prairie Rose Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Swan Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Little Fawn Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Pillsbury Academy Cannon: 0.0 mi
- District 14 School House: 0.0 mi
- One Ton Outhouse: 0.0 mi
- Town Hall: 0.0 mi
- Two-Story Cabin: 0.0 mi
- Steele County Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Alexander Faribault House: 15.6 mi
- Rice County Veterans Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Wasioja Seminary Ruins: 19.9 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 17.0 mi
- Dodge County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi
- Voyager Valley Teepee: 24.4 mi
- Lansing Corners: 24.9 mi
- Lighter Than Some: 3.4 mi
- Regeneration: 3.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky: 25.0 mi
- Molly Falls: 19.6 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 19.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 20.1 mi
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 1.4 mi
- Mount Krystosek: 20.6 mi
- Janesville Community Gardens: 24.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:16 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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