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Groveland Park

Groveland Park from directly overhead

Groveland Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is English Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.93471, -93.18388

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • English Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Longfellow Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Blue Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Sydney Triangle: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • Cambridge Triangle: 0.6 mi
  • Mattocks Park: 0.8 mi
  • Shadow Falls Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Curve Parkway: 1.1 mi
  • Seven Oaks Oval: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • John Ireland Statue: 0.6 mi
  • UNITED: 1.5 mi
  • Bronze turtle: 1.6 mi
  • Northern Fauna: 1.6 mi
  • The Calling: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • McDonough Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 3.8 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 4.5 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 5.1 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 5.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Longfellow Beach: 1.0 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun A: 1.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 1.6 mi
  • Wabun C: 1.7 mi
  • Wabun D: 1.7 mi
  • Deer Pen: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 4.0 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 7.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Shadow Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.9 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 3.6 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 3.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 3.7 mi
  • Sand Castles: 5.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 2.5 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 103°330 m24.5 mi
Dills MoundESE 117°320 m23.5 mi
Starks MoundESE 112°310 m22.8 mi
Bissel's MoundE 93°307 m17.1 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 335°293.522 m6.9 mi
Coons HillE 83°268 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737162483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul 3SW, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,047 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee576 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee481 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee480 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee446 obs
  • Monarch381 obs
  • Western Honey Bee253 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel249 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/44960965

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