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Freedom Park

Freedom Park from directly overhead

Freedom Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Innsbruck Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates45.07077, -93.21698

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Innsbruck Park: 0.4 mi
  • Innsbruck Nature Center: 0.6 mi
  • Harris Lake Park: 0.8 mi
  • Briardale Park: 0.9 mi
  • Meadow Wood Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
  • AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, Arden Hills: 3.7 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 8.0 mi
  • Tamarack Nature Center: 8.6 mi
  • Mike's Island: 9.1 mi
  • Raspberry Island: 9.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 49
  • Golden Lake: 5.6 mi
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 8.0 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 7.1 mi
  • Deer Pen: 10.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 10.7 mi
  • Wabun B: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Seminary Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 13.5 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.1 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Sand Castles: 11.1 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 11.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 11.7 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 11.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 118°307 m21.3 mi
Norwegian HillSSW 202°293.522 m3.4 mi
Coons HillESE 106°268 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4516:34

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee110 obs
  • Mallard82 obs
  • Great Horned Owl78 obs
  • Monarch72 obs
  • Painted Turtle63 obs
  • White-tailed Deer55 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee52 obs
  • Great Blue Heron47 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/619446012

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