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Fort Snelling State Park

Fort Snelling State Park from directly overhead

Fort Snelling State Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Snelling Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.87371, -93.18815

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 1.1 mi
  • Snoopy at The North Star Flying Ace: 1.3 mi
  • Minnesota Compass Rose: 1.3 mi
  • South Mall Stage: 1.3 mi
  • A Boreal Triad: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 1.1 mi
  • McDonough Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.7 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 4.4 mi
  • Milkweed and Monarchs: 4.5 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • MCAD Sculpture Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Ampitheater: 7.2 mi
  • Shoe Tree: 7.3 mi
  • Space Tower: 7.4 mi
  • Carousel: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 53
  • Snelling Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun C: 3.0 mi
  • Wabun G: 3.0 mi
  • Wabun D: 3.0 mi
  • Wabun F: 3.0 mi
  • Wabun A: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 1.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.1 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hidden Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 3.1 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.7 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 5.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 7.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 5.8 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillE 93°330 m24.1 mi
Dills MoundESE 107°320 m22.1 mi
Starks MoundESE 101°310 m21.8 mi
Bissel's MoundENE 79°307 m17.7 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 346°293.522 m10.8 mi
Coons HillENE 72°268 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133476070747264503522
Precip in0.90.91.72.93.94.64.14.33.02.61.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis-st Paul Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer534 obs
  • Wild Turkey349 obs
  • Bald Eagle242 obs
  • American Beaver240 obs
  • Canada Goose228 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker195 obs
  • American Robin191 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker177 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/154130176

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