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Bay Point Park

Bay Point Park from directly overhead

Bay Point Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Tuttle Hill stands 372 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Balance Of Power, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.3 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.56610, -92.54824

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 20
  • Ulvin Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Bluff: 6.8 mi
  • Maiden Rock: 13.5 mi
  • Dills Mound: 17.9 mi
  • Cotter Hill: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Balance Of Power: 0.5 mi
  • Ever Upward: 0.5 mi
  • Gateway To Red Wing: 0.5 mi
  • First Flight: 0.6 mi
  • A Tribute: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • The Sea Wing Disaster: 0.5 mi
  • Purple Heart Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Pepin: 8.9 mi
  • The Claybank Pits: 9.1 mi
  • Maiden Rock: 13.5 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Florence Township Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Lake Byllesby beach: 19.7 mi
  • Lake Byllesby Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Dog Cove: 23.2 mi
  • Pembles Beach: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • fire ring: 20.2 mi
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 18.4 mi
  • UWRF Observatory: 20.1 mi
  • Crystal Cave: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tuttle HillENE 57°372 m23.4 mi
Farm HillE 100°360 m19.9 mi
Nerike HillE 93°355 m19.6 mi
Weisinger HillENE 72°354 m22.6 mi
Ganoe HillE 85°350 m23.4 mi
Gates HillE 86°345 m21.4 mi
Cotter HillE 88°342 m18.4 mi
Hammond HillNE 54°342 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2620:1521:00
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4515:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151931465868727062493422
Precip in0.80.91.72.94.15.13.84.53.72.51.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Wing DAM 3, 4 mi away.

  • prairie pasqueflower52 obs
  • Bald Eagle40 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk31 obs
  • Turkey Vulture26 obs
  • red columbine25 obs
  • Merlin24 obs
  • Blackberry Lily23 obs
  • Tufted Titmouse22 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/229787419

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