Jordan Park
Jordan Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Newton Triangle, a park 0.5 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 1.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 24.3 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- 26th Avenue North Overlook · 1 mi
- May Mountain · 3 mi
- Mound · 3 mi
- Drs. Dorothy & Irving Bernstein Scenic Rest Area · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newton Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Glen Gale Park: 0.5 mi
- Cleveland Park: 0.5 mi
- Irving Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Cottage Park: 0.7 mi
- Big Book: 0.6 mi
- Purple Raindrop: 0.7 mi
- Aqurbane: 0.9 mi
- NORTHSIDE: 0.9 mi
- Five Children Playing: 1.3 mi
- 45th Parallel Monument: 1.3 mi
- Saint Anthony Parkway Bridge Overlook: 1.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 2.0 mi
- Bloody Friday Memorial Plaque: 2.0 mi
- World War Ⅰ Memorial Flagpole: 2.1 mi
- Minnesota African American Heritage Museum: 1.4 mi
- Firefighters Hall and Museum: 2.2 mi
- James J. Fiorentino Museum: 2.3 mi
- Robbinsdale Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Foshay Museum and Observation Deck: 2.9 mi
- Lincoln Peace Garden: 1.5 mi
- Sheridan Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- J.D. Rivers' Children's Garden: 2.2 mi
- Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden: 2.6 mi
- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden: 2.8 mi
- Berger Fountain: 2.9 mi
- Legacy Ship: 3.2 mi
- Tulip House: 3.7 mi
- Shoe Tree: 3.9 mi
- MCAD Sculpture Garden: 4.0 mi
- Mike's Island: 3.8 mi
- Raspberry Island: 3.9 mi
- Western Avenue Marsh: 4.4 mi
- General Mills Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Wirth Lake Beach: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Lake East Beach: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Point Beach: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Lake South Beach: 4.1 mi
- Bde Maka Ska North Beach: 4.3 mi
- Shady Ridge: 6.3 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 7.4 mi
- Deer Pen: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Glen: 7.9 mi
- Wabun B: 8.0 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 3.0 mi
- Seminary Hill: 7.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 11.2 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 12.2 mi
- Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 12.6 mi
- Shadow Falls: 6.9 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.9 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 7.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 8.7 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 11.8 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 7.9 mi
- West Clay Pit: 11.2 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 11.2 mi
- East Clay Pit: 11.2 mi
- Sand Castles: 12.1 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Dayton Port Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- wayside rest: 22.8 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 5.6 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 9.2 mi
- Boiling Springs: 17.3 mi
- White Worm Springs: 17.5 mi
- Garen: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jordan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 105° | 307 m | 23.6 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | ENE 70° | 293.522 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 3 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron164 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee135 obs
- Mallard86 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant84 obs
- Great Egret77 obs
- common buckthorn58 obs
- hoary alyssum52 obs
- Canada Goose48 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43647603
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 3 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 4 mi
- Twin Cities · 6 mi
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