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Glen Gale Park

Glen Gale Park from directly overhead

Glen Gale Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 272 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Irving Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 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

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Coordinates45.00354, -93.29961

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Irving Triangle: 0.1 mi
  • Cottage Park: 0.2 mi
  • Newton Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Oliver Triangle: 0.4 mi
  • North Commons Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Big Book: 0.5 mi
  • NORTHSIDE: 0.5 mi
  • Purple Raindrop: 0.6 mi
  • Aqurbane: 0.8 mi
  • Heart of the City: 1.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
  • 45th Parallel Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Bloody Friday Memorial Plaque: 1.6 mi
  • Finnish American Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Memorial to Survivors of Sexual Violence: 1.8 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 46
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Cedar Lake South Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Shady Ridge: 6.4 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 7.3 mi
  • Deer Pen: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 7.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 10.8 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.8 mi
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 7.5 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 10.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 10.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 10.9 mi
  • Sand Castles: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Elm Creek Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Dayton Port Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • wayside rest: 22.4 mi
  • Forest Lake Rest Area: 23.2 mi
  • St. Croix Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.8 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 104°307 m23.4 mi
Norwegian HillENE 62°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 equinox07:0118:3419:13
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron181 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee163 obs
  • Mallard91 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant86 obs
  • Great Egret79 obs
  • Canada Goose60 obs
  • Monarch53 obs
  • common buckthorn52 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/114496590

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