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McDonough Preserve

McDonough Preserve from directly overhead

McDonough Preserve is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is White Sculpture, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.90501, -93.16966

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • White Sculpture: 0.4 mi
  • Ohiyesa: 1.4 mi
  • Bronze turtle: 2.1 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 2.3 mi
  • You Are Here: 2.5 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • English Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Longfellow Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Victoria Garden: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 1.7 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.2 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.5 mi
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 5.7 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 5.7 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Snelling Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun C: 1.8 mi
  • Wabun D: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun A: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun B: 1.9 mi
  • Wabun G: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 1.9 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 5.5 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 10.7 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hidden Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.5 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.1 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 2.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 2.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 3.1 mi
  • Sand Castles: 5.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 4.2 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of McDonough Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillE 98°330 m23.4 mi
Dills MoundESE 113°320 m22.0 mi
Starks MoundESE 108°310 m21.5 mi
Bissel's MoundE 85°307 m16.5 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 337°293.522 m9.0 mi
Coons HillENE 77°268 m21.5 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 °F152032465868737162483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul 3SW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/917114954

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