Skip to content
Byway
Park · Minnesota

Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Moir Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.81657, -93.30226

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moir Park: 0.2 mi
  • Harrison Picnic Grounds: 0.3 mi
  • Nine Mile Creek Playlot: 0.8 mi
  • River Valley Park: 0.9 mi
  • Brookside Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 1st Brigade Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Pond/Dakota house: 1.5 mi
  • Pinecone: 3.8 mi
  • Northwest Airlines: 3.9 mi
  • Cahill Settlement Monument: 5.1 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Izaak Walton League of America: 4.3 mi
  • Ampitheater: 6.1 mi
  • RipCord: 7.4 mi
  • Delirious: 7.4 mi
  • Antique Autos: 7.4 mi
Artworks
  • Convergence: 4.4 mi
  • Minnesota Compass Rose: 6.4 mi
  • South Mall Stage: 6.4 mi
  • Snoopy at The North Star Flying Ace: 6.4 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Main Mall Gallery: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 45
Picnic sites: 15
  • Woodcrest: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Point Pavilion: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 8.3 mi
  • Wabun G: 8.3 mi
  • Wabun F: 8.3 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Mount Gilboa: 3.6 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 5.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 7.8 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 13.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 8.2 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 11.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 11.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 11.8 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 14.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Boiling Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 10.5 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundENE 72°307 m24.1 mi
Norwegian HillNNE 11°293.522 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2820:1821:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:4915:4716:36

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage176 obs
  • Mallard129 obs
  • prairie pasqueflower91 obs
  • Canada Goose78 obs
  • American Robin76 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee72 obs
  • bloodroot66 obs
  • Bald Eagle60 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/168765564

More parks in Minnesota

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Central Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens