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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunny Acres Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.3 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates45.10539, -93.34358

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunny Acres Park: 0.3 mi
  • Birch Grove Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hamilton Park: 0.9 mi
  • Zane Sports Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Southbrook Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Lions Coon Creek Park Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Blooming Heights: 6.2 mi
  • Sheridan Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Lincoln Peace Garden: 8.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Maple Grove History Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Fridley History Center: 4.5 mi
  • Robbinsdale Historical Society: 5.1 mi
  • Firefighters Hall and Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Minnesota African American Heritage Museum: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 42
  • Rice Street Beach: 6.8 mi
  • French Park Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Golden Lake: 9.6 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Chipmunk picnic area: 4.8 mi
  • Shady Ridge: 7.1 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 12.7 mi
  • Deer Pen: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 14.7 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 17.9 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 12.9 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Minnehaha Falls: 14.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 17.1 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 17.2 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 17.2 mi
  • Sand Castles: 17.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 15.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 23.1 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
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
Norwegian HillSE 138°293.522 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:1921:05
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:5015:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162033465869737162483421
Precip in0.60.61.42.94.34.44.24.13.22.61.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis Crystal AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee93 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee79 obs
  • Mallard74 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee54 obs
  • Monarch45 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee42 obs
  • Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee38 obs
  • Canada Goose30 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/120402159

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