Cottontail Park
Cottontail Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Autumn Grove Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 5.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.3 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- May Mountain · 6 mi
- Mound · 6 mi
- 26th Avenue North Overlook · 6 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Autumn Grove Park: 0.2 mi
- Lake Josephine County Park: 0.4 mi
- Applewood Park: 0.5 mi
- Applewood Overlook: 0.6 mi
- Howard Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
- Philando Castile Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Linda Fay Kaufman: 2.9 mi
- Falcon Heights: 2.9 mi
- Little Canada Firefighters Memorial: 3.3 mi
- The Gates Ajar: 3.4 mi
- Minnesota Corn Fairstalk: 3.1 mi
- Impressionist Sculpture: 3.1 mi
- Corn: 3.2 mi
- Powered by Wind & Sun: 3.2 mi
- With Palette in Hand: 3.3 mi
- Gibb's Museum: 3.1 mi
- Bell Museum: 3.2 mi
- Goldstein Museum of Design: 3.4 mi
- North Oaks Farm: 4.8 mi
- Twin City Model Railroad Museum: 5.0 mi
- Department of Horticultural Science Display and Trial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden: 3.3 mi
- Centennial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Enchanted Garden: 3.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 3.9 mi
- Math On-A-Stick: 3.3 mi
- Lion: 3.3 mi
- Dall's Sheep: 3.3 mi
- Reindeer: 3.3 mi
- Bison: 3.3 mi
- Willow Reserve: 4.0 mi
- AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, Arden Hills: 4.4 mi
- Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 6.7 mi
- Tamarack Nature Center: 7.1 mi
- Bruentrup Heritage Farm: 7.2 mi
- Gervais Lake Beach: 4.1 mi
- Phalen Park Beach: 5.9 mi
- White Sand Beach: 6.0 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 6.5 mi
- Golden Lake: 7.4 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 3.6 mi
- Wabun A: 8.2 mi
- Wabun B: 8.2 mi
- Deer Pen: 8.2 mi
- Wabun D: 8.3 mi
- Seminary Hill: 2.2 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 4.3 mi
- Pilot Knob: 10.5 mi
- Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 13.0 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 14.1 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.4 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 5.3 mi
- Shadow Falls: 6.4 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 8.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 8.5 mi
- Sand Castles: 7.0 mi
- East Clay Pit: 7.9 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
- West Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 8.4 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 18.6 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 5.9 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 9.3 mi
- White Worm Springs: 13.0 mi
- Boiling Springs: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottontail Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks Mound | SE 128° | 310 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 115° | 307 m | 17.3 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | W 265° | 293.522 m | 4.3 mi |
| Coons Hill | E 101° | 268 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, 3 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee160 obs
- Painted Turtle158 obs
- Mallard152 obs
- Canada Goose100 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird98 obs
- Wood Duck80 obs
- purple loosestrife72 obs
- American Toad69 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/619456873
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 5 mi
- Minneapolis · 6 mi
- Twin Cities · 6 mi
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