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Armatage Park

Armatage Park from directly overhead

Armatage Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Penn Model Village Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.90035, -93.31042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Penn Model Village Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Washburn Ave Totlot: 0.4 mi
  • Kenny Park: 0.7 mi
  • Chowen Park: 0.7 mi
  • Madison Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Kenny School Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Lyndale Park Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 2.2 mi
  • Garden of Seasons: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Tulip House: 4.0 mi
  • MCAD Sculpture Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Burnes Park: 5.0 mi
  • Berger Fountain: 5.0 mi
  • Downtown Park: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 47
  • Lake Harriet Southeast Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Lake Harriet North Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska Thomas Beach: 2.5 mi
  • 32nd Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Picnic Glen: 5.1 mi
  • Deer Pen: 5.2 mi
  • Wabun G: 5.2 mi
  • Wabun F: 5.2 mi
  • Wabun D: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mount Gilboa: 5.0 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 7.8 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.0 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 9.7 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 9.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 9.9 mi
  • Sand Castles: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 9.9 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 13.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 9.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 86°307 m23.4 mi
Norwegian HillNNE 21°293.522 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2820:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:4915:4716:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133476070747264503522
Precip in0.90.91.72.93.94.64.14.33.02.61.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis-st Paul Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee474 obs
  • Mallard386 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee349 obs
  • Painted Turtle310 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf295 obs
  • Wood Duck284 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird247 obs
  • Canada Goose220 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43305035

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