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College Park

College Park from directly overhead

College Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronze Bull Sculptures, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.1 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.98238, -93.19031

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • The Lawn: 0.2 mi
  • Langford Park: 0.4 mi
  • Alden Square Park: 0.5 mi
  • Grove Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mullin's Woodland: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
  • White Sand Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 1.7 mi
  • Deer Pen: 4.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 4.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 7.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.7 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.3 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 5.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 5.8 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 5.8 mi
  • Sand Castles: 6.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 5.7 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starks MoundESE 119°310 m24.5 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 103°307 m17.9 mi
Norwegian HillNW 319°293.522 m3.9 mi
Coons HillE 91°268 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0118:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131831455868727062483320
Precip in0.70.71.63.04.24.64.64.53.32.91.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, under a mile away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee779 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee344 obs
  • Western Honey Bee342 obs
  • Monarch304 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee246 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle243 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee229 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel223 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/48665483

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