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Homecroft Park

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Homecroft Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Paul, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

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Coordinates44.90136, -93.17868

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
  • McDonough Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 1.5 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.5 mi
  • Dodge Nature Center: 3.9 mi
  • Milkweed and Monarchs: 5.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • White Sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Ohiyesa: 0.9 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 1.9 mi
  • You Are Here: 2.0 mi
  • A Boreal Triad: 2.0 mi
Gardens
  • English Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Longfellow Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 2.8 mi
  • We Garden: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Snelling Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun C: 1.6 mi
  • Wabun D: 1.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 1.7 mi
  • Wabun G: 1.7 mi
  • Wabun B: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 1.7 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 5.2 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 10.2 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hidden Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.9 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 3.4 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 3.6 mi
  • Sand Castles: 6.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 4.2 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillE 97°330 m23.8 mi
Dills MoundESE 112°320 m22.3 mi
Starks MoundESE 107°310 m21.8 mi
Bissel's MoundE 85°307 m16.9 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 340°293.522 m9.1 mi
Coons HillENE 77°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
  • White-tailed Deer483 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee329 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage317 obs
  • American Beaver311 obs
  • bloodroot282 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf272 obs
  • wood nettle272 obs
  • Canada Goose263 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/53623456

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