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Corcoran Park

Corcoran Park from directly overhead

Corcoran Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Market Square, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.94229, -93.24432

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Market Square: 0.5 mi
  • Powderhorn Park: 0.7 mi
  • 40th Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Midtown Greenway: 0.7 mi
  • Midtown Greenway: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 1.6 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Deer Pen: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 2.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 2.6 mi
  • Wabun F: 2.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Norwegian Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 5.8 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Shadow Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.6 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.5 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 6.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 6.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 6.7 mi
  • Sand Castles: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 3.8 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 13.0 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 94°307 m20.1 mi
Norwegian HillN 1°293.522 m5.7 mi
Coons HillE 85°268 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel654 obs
  • Northern Cardinal610 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee560 obs
  • Blue Jay488 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco487 obs
  • Mallard451 obs
  • American Crow438 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker432 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/50080927

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