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Gold Medal Park

Gold Medal Park from directly overhead

Gold Medal Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Molecule, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Gold Medal Park Conservancy
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.97778, -93.25330

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Lucy Wilder Morris Park: 0.3 mi
  • Water Power Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bluff Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 0.4 mi
  • Currie Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • West Bank Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Gethsemane Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Community Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Garden of the Seasons: 1.6 mi
  • Sheridan Community Garden: 1.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 52
  • White Sand Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Cedar Lake East Beach: 3.4 mi
  • 32nd Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Deer Pen: 4.7 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 4.8 mi
  • Wabun B: 4.8 mi
  • Wabun A: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 8.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.9 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shadow Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.8 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 8.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.1 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 14.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 100°307 m20.9 mi
Norwegian HillN 9°293.522 m3.3 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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel779 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee653 obs
  • House Sparrow618 obs
  • Mallard468 obs
  • Wild Turkey409 obs
  • Canada Goose374 obs
  • American Robin359 obs
  • Rock Pigeon351 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/129244829

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