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Dale Playground

Dale Playground from directly overhead

Dale Playground is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Marydale Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.3 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates44.98380, -93.12713

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marydale Park: 0.6 mi
  • Como Parkway: 0.8 mi
  • Tamarack Park: 0.9 mi
  • Orchard Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lexington Parkway: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Beaches: 52
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 1.4 mi
  • Wabun A: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun B: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun C: 6.0 mi
  • Wabun D: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Seminary Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 7.6 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.3 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 0.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 3.4 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 3.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 4.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.6 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 6.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.8 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 113°330 m22.8 mi
Dills MoundSE 128°320 m23.0 mi
Starks MoundESE 123°310 m21.9 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 106°307 m14.9 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 297°293.522 m6.3 mi
Coons HillE 92°268 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:34

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee819 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee526 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee375 obs
  • Monarch231 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee220 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee218 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee216 obs
  • White-tailed Deer196 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/607969725

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