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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is G.A.R Hall, a museum 0.1 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.12932, -94.52734

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 7
  • Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • Chief Little Crow: 12.2 mi
  • Tank: 18.1 mi
  • Hutchinson Brothers: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 6.2 mi
  • A maze'n Farmyard: 14.2 mi
  • Minnesota Pioneer Park: 22.1 mi
Peaks: 3
  • King's Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Mt Aral: 18.3 mi
  • Hurrle Peak: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

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
Mt AralNE 35°421 m18.3 mi
Hurrle PeakNE 42°370 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5219:31
June solstice05:3220:2421:10
September equinox07:0618:3919:18
December solstice07:5515:5016:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101427435666716860453017
Precip in0.80.81.52.63.74.63.84.13.02.61.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield, under a mile away.

  • bittersweet nightshade4 obs
  • Common Grackle3 obs
  • Barn Swallow3 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil3 obs
  • box elder3 obs
  • common motherwort3 obs
  • spotted knapweed3 obs
  • eastern black nightshade3 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/585185164

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