Folwell Park
Folwell Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cleveland Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 0.9 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- 26th Avenue North Overlook · 2 mi
- May Mountain · 3 mi
- Mound · 4 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cleveland Park: 0.7 mi
- Porter Field: 0.7 mi
- Jordan Park: 0.8 mi
- Camden Gateway Sculpture Garden: 0.9 mi
- Perkins Hill Park: 0.9 mi
- Big Book: 1.2 mi
- Purple Raindrop: 1.2 mi
- Aqurbane: 1.3 mi
- NORTHSIDE: 1.6 mi
- Max Rabitat: 1.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 1.3 mi
- World War Ⅰ Memorial Flagpole: 1.4 mi
- Saint Anthony Parkway Bridge Overlook: 1.6 mi
- 45th Parallel Monument: 1.8 mi
- Columbia Heights Welcomes You: 2.1 mi
- Minnesota African American Heritage Museum: 2.1 mi
- Robbinsdale Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Firefighters Hall and Museum: 2.4 mi
- James J. Fiorentino Museum: 3.0 mi
- Foshay Museum and Observation Deck: 3.5 mi
- Sheridan Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Lincoln Peace Garden: 2.2 mi
- J.D. Rivers' Children's Garden: 2.9 mi
- Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden: 3.3 mi
- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden: 3.6 mi
- Berger Fountain: 3.6 mi
- Legacy Ship: 3.9 mi
- Tulip House: 4.4 mi
- Shoe Tree: 4.4 mi
- MCAD Sculpture Garden: 4.7 mi
- Mike's Island: 4.6 mi
- Raspberry Island: 4.6 mi
- Western Avenue Marsh: 4.8 mi
- General Mills Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Wirth Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
- Cedar Lake East Beach: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Lake Point Beach: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Lake South Beach: 4.8 mi
- Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 5.1 mi
- Shady Ridge: 6.2 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 7.7 mi
- Deer Pen: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Glen: 8.6 mi
- Wabun B: 8.6 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 2.8 mi
- Seminary Hill: 7.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 11.8 mi
- Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 11.8 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 12.9 mi
- Shadow Falls: 7.4 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 8.1 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 8.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.4 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 8.6 mi
- West Clay Pit: 11.6 mi
- East Clay Pit: 11.6 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 11.6 mi
- Sand Castles: 12.4 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- wayside rest: 23.5 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 6.2 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 9.9 mi
- White Worm Springs: 17.9 mi
- Boiling Springs: 18.0 mi
- Garen: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Folwell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 106° | 307 m | 23.8 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | E 85° | 293.522 m | 2.8 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 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
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 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis Crystal AP, 4 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron161 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee145 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant86 obs
- Great Egret68 obs
- common motherwort55 obs
- common buckthorn54 obs
- Canada Goose50 obs
- hoary alyssum49 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43636202
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 3 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 5 mi
- Twin Cities · 7 mi
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