Skip to content
Byway
Museum · Minnesota

Twin City Model Railroad Museum

Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in Minnesota
Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in MinnesotaMcGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0
Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in Minnesota
IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0
Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in Minnesota
IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0
Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in Minnesota
IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0
Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in Minnesota
IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0
Twin City Model Railroad Museum, a museum in Minnesota
IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.0

Twin City Model Railroad Museum is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Dills Mound stands 320 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bigger Picture Project, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Twin City Model Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, which has a large display of model railroads, and hosts special events like hobby shows, holiday events and more.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1934.

Wikidata Q22073678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.96083, -93.18556

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Iris Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cato Park: 0.4 mi
  • May Park: 0.5 mi
  • Clayland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tatum Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
  • White Sand Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun A: 3.2 mi
  • Wabun B: 3.2 mi
  • Deer Pen: 3.2 mi
  • Wabun D: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Norwegian Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 5.8 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 9.2 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Shadow Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 3.4 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 4.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.6 mi
  • Sand Castles: 5.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 4.3 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dills MoundESE 121°320 m24.5 mi
Starks MoundESE 116°310 m23.7 mi
Bissel's MoundE 98°307 m17.4 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 328°293.522 m5.2 mi
Coons HillE 87°268 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455868727062483320
Precip in0.70.71.63.04.24.64.64.53.32.91.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7192306902

More museums in Minnesota

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore museums
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Twin City Model Railroad Museum.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens