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Cascade Lake Park

Cascade Lake Park from directly overhead

Cascade Lake Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Chimney Rock stands 318 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mohn Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 30 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.02686, -92.50316

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mohn Park: 0.3 mi
  • Eagle Ridge Park: 0.4 mi
  • Zumbro West Park: 0.6 mi
  • Judd Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cascade Meadows Wetlands: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Museums: 14
  • Charles E. Gagnon Museum & Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Cascade Environmental Science Center: 0.9 mi
  • History Center of Olmsted County: 1.5 mi
  • History Center of Olmsted County: 1.5 mi
  • Plummer House: 1.6 mi
Artworks: 14
Attractions: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • Matthews Heritage Dome: 1.8 mi
  • Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Stone Building: 2.6 mi
  • Quarry Hill Ruins: 3.4 mi
  • Dr Paul E Zollman Memorial: 8.3 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Foley Mound: 21.2 mi
  • Signal Point: 22.0 mi
  • Eagle Point: 22.4 mi
  • Coyote Point: 22.6 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Cascade Lake Beach: 0.4 mi
  • JHELL Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Chester Woods Beach: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chimney RockE 85°318 m23.0 mi
Coyote PointE 85°316 m22.6 mi
Inspiration PointE 86°316 m22.7 mi
Signal PointE 85°310 m22.0 mi
Eagle PointE 85°310 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:22
June solstice05:2820:1320:57
September equinox06:5818:3119:09
December solstice07:4215:4816:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131730435666706759463220
Precip in1.01.12.13.64.35.34.64.83.52.41.91.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Byron 4north, 8 mi away.

  • Monarch100 obs
  • American Coot87 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird83 obs
  • Mallard68 obs
  • Canada Goose63 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail58 obs
  • Isabella Tiger Moth51 obs
  • American Robin50 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/138280449

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