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Boom Island Park

Boom Island Park from directly overhead

Boom Island Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial to Survivors of Sexual Violence, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.99221, -93.26912

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Memorial to Survivors of Sexual Violence: 0.1 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Bloody Friday Memorial Plaque: 0.6 mi
  • Washburn A Mill Ruins: 1.1 mi
  • Mill City Museum: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • Graco Park: 0.2 mi
  • B.F. Nelson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dickman Park: 0.3 mi
  • Flagpole Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • First Bridge Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Cedar Lake South Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 5.7 mi
  • Deer Pen: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun B: 6.1 mi
  • Wabun A: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.3 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.5 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.0 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 9.2 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 9.2 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 9.2 mi
  • Sand Castles: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Elm Creek Rest Area: 12.9 mi
  • Dayton Port Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • wayside rest: 21.1 mi
  • St. Croix Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Forest Lake Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 7.3 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.6 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 102°307 m21.8 mi
Norwegian HillNNE 29°293.522 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,079 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel674 obs
  • House Sparrow530 obs
  • Mallard408 obs
  • Canada Goose339 obs
  • Rock Pigeon303 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird291 obs
  • American Robin284 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/470689447

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