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Gateway Park

Gateway Park from directly overhead

Gateway Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cancer Survivors Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.98296, -93.26719

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cancer Survivors Park: 0.1 mi
  • First Bridge Park: 0.2 mi
  • Flagpole Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 0.3 mi
  • Water Power Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Memorial to Survivors of Sexual Violence: 0.6 mi
  • Washburn A Mill Ruins: 0.6 mi
  • Mill City Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Bloody Friday Memorial Plaque: 0.6 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 0.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.1 mi
  • 32nd Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Deer Pen: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 5.5 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 5.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.5 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 8.7 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.4 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 8.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 8.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 8.8 mi
  • Sand Castles: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.7 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 101°307 m21.6 mi
Norwegian HillNNE 22°293.522 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,068 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel749 obs
  • House Sparrow578 obs
  • Mallard436 obs
  • Canada Goose355 obs
  • Rock Pigeon335 obs
  • American Robin310 obs
  • Wild Turkey292 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/156909892

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