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Beaver Lake Park

Beaver Lake Park from directly overhead

Beaver Lake Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Lake Elementary Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.5 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates44.97394, -93.00818

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beaver Lake Elementary Park: 0.8 mi
  • Geranium Park: 0.8 mi
  • Nebraska Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sackett Park: 1.1 mi
  • Prosperity Heights Park: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Maplewood Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Southwood Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Imniżaska: 3.2 mi
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 3.6 mi
  • Highwood Preserve: 3.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums: 55
Attractions: 46
Beaches: 37
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 7.2 mi
  • Wabun A: 10.4 mi
  • Wabun C: 10.4 mi
  • Wabun B: 10.4 mi
  • Wabun D: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Bissel's Mound: 9.2 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 10.3 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Coons Hill: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 2.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.7 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 3.4 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 6.2 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 6.4 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 6.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 6.4 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 118°330 m17.3 mi
Dills MoundSE 137°320 m18.2 mi
Starks MoundSE 132°310 m16.9 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 112°307 m9.2 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 287°293.522 m12.0 mi
Coons HillE 90°268 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737062483421

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee188 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee126 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee113 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee89 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee68 obs
  • Canada Goose56 obs
  • Mallard52 obs
  • Painted Turtle47 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/551746645

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