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Hillcrest Park

Hillcrest Park from directly overhead

Hillcrest Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Parkway, a park 0.1 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.91690, -93.18397

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ford Parkway: 0.1 mi
  • Míča Park: 0.5 mi
  • Xinia Triangle: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Curve Parkway: 0.6 mi
  • Assembly Union Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • English Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Longfellow Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Victoria Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
  • White Sculpture: 0.9 mi
  • Ohiyesa: 1.7 mi
  • John Ireland Statue: 1.8 mi
  • Bronze turtle: 1.9 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • McDonough Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 2.6 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 4.3 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 4.5 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Longfellow Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 2.5 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun C: 1.0 mi
  • Wabun A: 1.0 mi
  • Wabun B: 1.0 mi
  • Wabun D: 1.0 mi
  • Wabun G: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 2.8 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 6.2 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hidden Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 4.9 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 3.5 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 3.6 mi
  • Sand Castles: 6.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.1 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillE 100°330 m24.2 mi
Dills MoundESE 114°320 m23.0 mi
Starks MoundESE 109°310 m22.4 mi
Bissel's MoundE 88°307 m17.1 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 339°293.522 m8.0 mi
Coons HillE 79°268 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
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 Bee952 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee472 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee472 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee411 obs
  • bloodroot397 obs
  • Monarch386 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf345 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage320 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/39336190

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