Hester Park
Hester Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilson Park: 0.2 mi
- Spalt Park: 0.4 mi
- Butler Park: 0.5 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
- Southside Park: 1.1 mi
- Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 0.8 mi
- Stearns History Museum: 2.4 mi
- Rail Legacy Museum: 2.7 mi
- Cold Spring Area Historical Society: 15.0 mi
- Sherburne History Center's Museum and Sand Burr Gift Shop: 17.2 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Dennis M. Thayer: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 9.0 mi
- Stone Gate: 10.5 mi
- NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 2.2 mi
- Maple Sugar Shack: 10.1 mi
- Saint John's Pottery Studio: 11.2 mi
- Stoney Brook Farms: 11.6 mi
- Minnesota Pioneer Park: 22.0 mi
- Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 4.4 mi
- Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 15.2 mi
- Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 15.5 mi
- Saint John's Beach: 10.9 mi
- Avon Beach: 14.3 mi
- Hurrle Peak: 12.7 mi
- Mt Aral: 17.1 mi
- SCSU Logo: 1.9 mi
- Quarry 20 picnic area: 4.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hester Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Aral | SSW 204° | 421 m | 17.1 mi |
| Hurrle Peak | S 186° | 370 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:47 | 16:36 |
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 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 43 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 46 | 31 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Cloud Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.
- Mallard141 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee60 obs
- Canada Goose45 obs
- Monarch45 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
- Rock Pigeon37 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee36 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee31 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/27524756
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