Dred Scott Playfield
Dred Scott Playfield is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Ridge Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 21.7 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 27.9 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Minnehaha Falls View Area · 11 mi
- Ford Dam Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 12 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quail Ridge Park: 0.5 mi
- Rhodes Playlot: 0.6 mi
- Hampshire Hills Playlot: 0.8 mi
- Countryside Park: 0.8 mi
- Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center: 2.0 mi
- Bloomington Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Wings of the North Air Museum: 4.3 mi
- The Works: 5.1 mi
- Edina Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- The Izaak Walton League of America: 2.4 mi
- RipCord: 3.2 mi
- Delirious: 3.2 mi
- Antique Autos: 3.2 mi
- Steel Venom: 3.2 mi
- Normandale Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
- Reading Garden: 3.7 mi
- Neill Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- South Loop Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Kenny School Garden: 7.9 mi
- 1st Brigade Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Cahill Settlement Monument: 5.0 mi
- Pinecone: 5.3 mi
- Northwest Airlines: 5.4 mi
- Cobra Helicopter: 5.5 mi
- Rudy Kraemer Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
- Riley Creek Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Wood Lake Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Raguet Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- Pixel Jared: 5.6 mi
- Pixel Yeti: 5.6 mi
- Pixel Jared: 5.7 mi
- Pixel Jared: 5.7 mi
- Pixel Jared: 5.7 mi
- Bush Lake Beach: 2.2 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 4.7 mi
- Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach: 5.6 mi
- Watzl's Point Beach: 6.1 mi
- Round Lake Beach: 6.7 mi
- Woodcrest: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Point Pavilion: 3.2 mi
- North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Glen: 11.6 mi
- Wabun G: 11.6 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 11.5 mi
- West Clay Pit: 15.5 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 15.5 mi
- East Clay Pit: 15.7 mi
- Sand Castles: 18.5 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 2.6 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 9.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 11.8 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 16.7 mi
- Seminary Hill: 20.7 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 11.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 12.0 mi
- Shadow Falls: 13.2 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 17.0 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 20.6 mi
- Boiling Springs: 2.5 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 11.4 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 13.4 mi
- White Worm Springs: 20.1 mi
- wayside rest: 14.2 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 18.0 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 24.9 mi
- San Francisco: 17.2 mi
- Nininger: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dred Scott Playfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Hill | NNE 25° | 293.522 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:47 | 16:36 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 33 | 47 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 50 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis Flying Cloud AP, 5 mi away.
- Coyote35 obs
- Painted Turtle27 obs
- Canada Goose26 obs
- American Toad26 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee26 obs
- White-tailed Deer23 obs
- Great Blue Heron22 obs
- common buckthorn22 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/98563936
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 13 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 14 mi
- Twin Cities · 14 mi
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