Falls Creek County Park
Falls Creek County Park is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is City View Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 31 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rice County
How to reach it
- 31.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- City View Park: 1.0 mi
- Seabury Park: 1.1 mi
- Meder Park: 1.5 mi
- TeePee Tonka Park: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
- River Bend Nature Center: 1.6 mi
- Cannon River Trout Lily SNA: 2.5 mi
- Cannon River Trout Lily SNA: 2.7 mi
- Faribault Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Cannon River Trout Lily SNA: 3.5 mi
- Rice County Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Millersburg School: 10.4 mi
- Northfield Historical Society: 11.8 mi
- Kenyon Area Historical Society at the Gunderson House: 11.9 mi
- Union Depot (Historic): 13.7 mi
- Alexander Faribault House: 1.7 mi
- Rice County Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Archibald Mill Ruins: 9.5 mi
- Mill Towns Trail Info: 9.6 mi
- POW/MIA Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky: 9.6 mi
- Voices, Thoughts, & Spirits in the Wind: 11.5 mi
- Love Windmill: 11.7 mi
- Harvest: 11.8 mi
- Flame: 11.9 mi
- Northfield Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 11.6 mi
- Bee Garden: 11.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.6 mi
- Hill of Three Oaks: 12.5 mi
- Mount Krystosek: 17.0 mi
- West Praire Hill: 17.5 mi
- East Prairie Hill: 17.6 mi
- Friendship Point: 19.8 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 2.5 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 11.8 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 11.9 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 21.9 mi
- Molly Falls: 5.1 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.5 mi
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 11.3 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 18.3 mi
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 15.5 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 20.6 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 20.8 mi
- fire ring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Falls Creek County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie Hill | NE 35° | 297 m | 17.6 mi |
| West Praire Hill | NE 34° | 294 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:49 | 16:37 |
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 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faribault, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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