Coon Creek Park
Coon Creek Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lions Coon Creek Park Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.6 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.2 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 25.6 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- 26th Avenue North Overlook · 12 mi
- May Mountain · 14 mi
- Mound · 15 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lions Coon Creek Park Garden: 0.1 mi
- Southbrook Community Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Blooming Heights: 9.6 mi
- LifeGARDEN Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- Ray Lemke Garden: 12.2 mi
- Cardinal Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- Wilderness Park: 0.7 mi
- Pepperment Stick Park: 0.8 mi
- Faith Lutheran Park: 0.9 mi
- Sand Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- Dunn House: 2.1 mi
- Anoka County Veteran's Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Coon Rapids Dam: 2.9 mi
- Richard Keith Sorenson: 4.0 mi
- Stone Grill: 4.1 mi
- Anoka-Ramsey Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Anoka Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Schmidt Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Schmidt Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Creek Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Anoka Kindness Rock Garden: 4.0 mi
- Above and Beyond: 4.0 mi
- Pixel Jared: 6.0 mi
- Elevated Structure for Elevated Conversation: 10.2 mi
- Archenteron: 10.2 mi
- Fridley History Center: 7.3 mi
- Maple Grove History Museum: 7.4 mi
- Robbinsdale Historical Society: 10.7 mi
- North Oaks Farm: 11.7 mi
- Minnesota Historical Society Museum: 12.1 mi
- Rice Street Beach: 4.5 mi
- Golden Lake: 8.3 mi
- French Park Beach: 13.0 mi
- Wirth Lake Beach: 14.2 mi
- Cedar Lake East Beach: 15.5 mi
- Bowlero: 3.6 mi
- Pumpkin Roundabout: 3.7 mi
- Oliver H. Kelley Farm: 12.3 mi
- Mound: 14.0 mi
- Legacy Ship: 14.8 mi
- Chipmunk picnic area: 6.3 mi
- Shady Ridge: 12.7 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 16.1 mi
- Deer Pen: 19.2 mi
- Picnic Glen: 19.2 mi
- Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 1.2 mi
- Seminary Hill: 11.1 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 11.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 22.3 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 24.0 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 16.2 mi
- Shadow Falls: 17.6 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 19.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.8 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 19.2 mi
- Sand Castles: 20.1 mi
- East Clay Pit: 20.7 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 20.8 mi
- West Clay Pit: 20.8 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 16.5 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coon Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Hill | SSE 164° | 293.522 m | 11.5 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 | 20:20 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
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 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 47 | 32 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 1N, 5 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee124 obs
- Monarch60 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle42 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee42 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee38 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel35 obs
- Northern Cardinal34 obs
- American Robin34 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/869790385
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 14 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 15 mi
- Twin Cities · 17 mi
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