Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sydney Triangle, a garden 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 1.0 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 20.1 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 2 mi
- Mound · 3 mi
- May Mountain · 3 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sydney Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Department of Horticultural Science Display and Trial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Blue Garden: 1.7 mi
- West Bank Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Love: 0.1 mi
- Untitled: 0.2 mi
- Untitled: 0.2 mi
- Untitled: 0.2 mi
- Under the Same Sun: 0.2 mi
- South Saint Anthony Park: 0.2 mi
- Cromwell Square: 0.2 mi
- Langford Park: 0.5 mi
- Clarence Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Orlin Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Twin City Model Railroad Museum: 0.9 mi
- Goldstein Museum of Design: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Gallery: 1.4 mi
- Bell Museum: 1.6 mi
- Gibb's Museum: 1.7 mi
- Engineering Research Associates: 1.1 mi
- Bishop: 1.7 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution World War I Monument: 1.9 mi
- John Sargent Pillsbury: 1.9 mi
- Philando Castile Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Minnesota State Fairgrounds: 1.4 mi
- Carousel: 1.5 mi
- Space Tower: 1.6 mi
- Math On-A-Stick: 1.8 mi
- Shoe Tree: 2.1 mi
- Willow Reserve: 4.1 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Raspberry Island: 5.3 mi
- Mike's Island: 5.4 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- White Sand Beach: 1.3 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 1.9 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.8 mi
- Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 4.4 mi
- Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 4.5 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 2.2 mi
- Deer Pen: 3.7 mi
- Wabun A: 3.7 mi
- Wabun B: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Glen: 3.7 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 4.4 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.5 mi
- Seminary Hill: 6.5 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 9.9 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 12.2 mi
- Shadow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.8 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 3.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.1 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 3.8 mi
- East Clay Pit: 5.5 mi
- West Clay Pit: 5.5 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 5.5 mi
- Sand Castles: 6.5 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- wayside rest: 18.8 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 20.1 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 1.2 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 4.9 mi
- White Worm Springs: 11.8 mi
- Boiling Springs: 16.9 mi
- Nininger: 20.1 mi
- Garen: 20.6 mi
- Point Douglas: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hampden Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks Mound | ESE 117° | 310 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | E 100° | 307 m | 18.1 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NNW 331° | 293.522 m | 4.4 mi |
| Coons Hill | E 89° | 268 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, 2 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee863 obs
- Wild Turkey499 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee373 obs
- Western Honey Bee339 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel290 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle289 obs
- Monarch281 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee263 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/135656385
Day trips start here
- Twin Cities · 1 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 2 mi
- Minneapolis · 3 mi
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