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Northland Arboretum

Northland Arboretum from directly overhead

Northland Arboretum is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 361 m. The nearest named place is Memorial Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.36635, -94.23034

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Gregory Park: 1.5 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.5 mi
  • Berrywood Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 1.8 mi
  • Gustafson Park: 2.0 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
  • G101 & Giving Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Secret Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Gazebo Garden: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Paul Bunyan Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Serpent Lake: 15.2 mi
  • Deerwood Deer Statue: 17.4 mi
  • Giant Walleye: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Miller Castle: 7.1 mi
  • Miler Castle: 7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5019:30
June solstice05:2520:2721:14
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5815:4316:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91327415565696758453016
Precip in0.80.81.52.53.94.64.43.63.03.01.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brainerd, 2 mi away.

  • Monarch75 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee72 obs
  • prairie pasqueflower72 obs
  • box elder64 obs
  • Pileated Woodpecker50 obs
  • common milkweed49 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler49 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird45 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1158802669

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