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Hyland Lake Park Reserve

Hyland Lake Park Reserve from directly overhead

Hyland Lake Park Reserve is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridgeview Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Three Rivers Park District

How to reach it

Coordinates44.83300, -93.37015

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ridgeview Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bush Lake Park: 0.7 mi
  • Izaak Walton Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 1.1 mi
  • Reynolds Playground: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • The Izaak Walton League of America: 0.8 mi
  • Eden Prairie Outdoor Center: 4.0 mi
  • Delirious: 4.7 mi
  • RipCord: 4.7 mi
  • Steel Venom: 4.7 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • 1st Brigade Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Cahill Settlement Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Pinecone: 3.3 mi
  • Northwest Airlines: 3.4 mi
  • Pond/Dakota house: 5.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Pixel Jared: 3.9 mi
  • Pixel Yeti: 4.0 mi
  • Pixel Jared: 4.0 mi
  • Pixel Jared: 4.1 mi
  • Pixel Jared: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 45
  • Bush Lake Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Shady Oak Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Shady Oak Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Round Lake Beach: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Woodcrest: 0.5 mi
  • Picnic Point Pavilion: 4.7 mi
  • North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 9.8 mi
  • Wabun G: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.6 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 13.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 13.9 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 14.1 mi
  • Sand Castles: 16.8 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Mount Gilboa: 0.5 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 8.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 10.4 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 15.1 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 18.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Boiling Springs: 4.5 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 11.4 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Norwegian HillNNE 25°293.522 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4719:26
June solstice05:2820:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:4915:4716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162033476069747164503522
Precip in0.70.61.52.73.84.74.34.73.12.31.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis Flying Cloud AP, 5 mi away.

  • rue anemone167 obs
  • Painted Turtle111 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee86 obs
  • White-tailed Deer70 obs
  • Canada Goose53 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit53 obs
  • Wood Duck50 obs
  • Mallard49 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/817093749

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