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He Mni Can - Barn Bluff

He Mni Can - Barn Bluff from directly overhead

He Mni Can - Barn Bluff is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Tuttle Hill stands 372 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oculus, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Known to the Dakota as "Ḣe Mni C̣aƞ", or "Hill Water Wood", this bluff was the site of the village of Ḣupahu Ṡa (Red Wing) in the early 1800s and has been considered a sacred site by Dakota people for centuries.

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Coordinates44.56936, -92.52546

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Levee Park: 0.6 mi
  • John Rich Park: 0.6 mi
  • Central Park: 0.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • South Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Peaks: 20
  • Ulvin Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Bluff: 5.8 mi
  • Maiden Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Cotter Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Dills Mound: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Oculus: 0.5 mi
  • Klompenboot: 0.5 mi
  • Playtime: 0.5 mi
  • Rock Dragon II: 0.5 mi
  • Glowing Tree: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • The Sea Wing Disaster: 0.6 mi
  • Purple Heart Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Pepin: 7.7 mi
  • The Claybank Pits: 9.7 mi
  • Maiden Rock: 12.6 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Florence Township Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Lake Byllesby beach: 20.9 mi
  • Lake Byllesby Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Dog Cove: 23.6 mi
  • Pembles Beach: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 19.5 mi
  • UWRF Observatory: 20.1 mi
  • Crystal Cave: 22.6 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • fire ring: 21.4 mi
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of He Mni Can - Barn Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tuttle HillNE 56°372 m22.4 mi
Farm HillESE 101°360 m18.9 mi
Nerike HillE 94°355 m18.4 mi
Weisinger HillENE 72°354 m21.5 mi
Ganoe HillE 86°350 m22.3 mi
Gates HillE 87°345 m20.2 mi
Cotter HillE 89°342 m17.2 mi
Hammond HillNE 53°342 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2620:1520:59
September equinox06:5818:3119:09
December solstice07:4415:4516:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151931465868727062493422
Precip in0.80.91.72.94.15.13.84.53.72.51.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Wing DAM 3, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bald Eagle98 obs
  • prairie pasqueflower52 obs
  • Common Merganser43 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk33 obs
  • American White Pelican28 obs
  • red columbine27 obs
  • Merlin24 obs
  • Turkey Vulture23 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/198488517

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