Chute Square
Chute Square is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Holmes Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 0.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.4 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- May Mountain · 1 mi
- Mound · 1 mi
- 26th Avenue North Overlook · 2 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holmes Park: 0.2 mi
- Water Power Park: 0.3 mi
- Waterworks Park: 0.4 mi
- Monroe Place Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Lucy Wilder Morris Park: 0.5 mi
- Bell of Two Friends: 0.3 mi
- Nautilus: 0.6 mi
- Dancers: 0.6 mi
- Molecule: 0.6 mi
- Ordovician Pore: 0.6 mi
- Father Hennepin Bluffs: 0.5 mi
- Washburn A Mill Ruins: 0.5 mi
- Pioneer Monument: 0.5 mi
- Mill City Museum: 0.5 mi
- 35W Bridge Remembrance Garden: 0.6 mi
- James J. Fiorentino Museum: 0.6 mi
- Foshay Museum and Observation Deck: 1.2 mi
- Weisman Art Museum: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Gallery: 1.6 mi
- Firefighters Hall and Museum: 1.6 mi
- Legacy Ship: 0.9 mi
- Shoe Tree: 1.2 mi
- Berger Fountain: 1.7 mi
- MCAD Sculpture Garden: 2.3 mi
- Tulip House: 2.9 mi
- Gethsemane Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sheridan Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- West Bank Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Community Peace Garden: 1.5 mi
- Garden of the Seasons: 1.8 mi
- Mike's Island: 3.3 mi
- Raspberry Island: 3.3 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Western Avenue Marsh: 6.0 mi
- Willow Reserve: 6.8 mi
- White Sand Beach: 3.2 mi
- Wirth Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Cedar Lake East Beach: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.8 mi
- 32nd Beach: 3.8 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 4.9 mi
- Deer Pen: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Glen: 5.4 mi
- Wabun B: 5.4 mi
- Wabun A: 5.4 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 2.7 mi
- Seminary Hill: 6.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.6 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.5 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 11.5 mi
- Shadow Falls: 4.2 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.1 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.6 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
- West Clay Pit: 8.4 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 8.4 mi
- East Clay Pit: 8.4 mi
- Sand Castles: 9.5 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- wayside rest: 20.6 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 22.9 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 2.9 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 6.7 mi
- White Worm Springs: 14.8 mi
- Boiling Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chute Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 102° | 307 m | 21.1 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NNE 13° | 293.522 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, under a mile away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,151 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel738 obs
- House Sparrow600 obs
- Mallard406 obs
- Wild Turkey395 obs
- Canada Goose313 obs
- American Robin312 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee268 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/68517919
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 1 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 1 mi
- Twin Cities · 4 mi
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