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Lake Hiawatha Park

Lake Hiawatha Park from directly overhead

Lake Hiawatha Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Starks Mound stands 310 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Hiawatha Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.92097, -93.23638

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Lake Nokomis Park: 0.8 mi
  • 40th Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Adams Triangle: 1.0 mi
  • Keewaydin Park: 1.0 mi
  • McRae Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 2.2 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Deer Pen: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 1.4 mi
  • Wabun F: 1.5 mi
  • Wabun G: 1.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Pilot Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 6.9 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 8.5 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.2 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 1.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 6.0 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 6.1 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 6.2 mi
  • Sand Castles: 8.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 2.6 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starks MoundESE 108°310 m24.9 mi
Bissel's MoundE 89°307 m19.7 mi
Norwegian HillN 357°293.522 m7.2 mi
Coons HillE 81°268 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133476070747264503522
Precip in0.90.91.72.93.94.64.14.33.02.61.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis-st Paul Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee785 obs
  • Northern Cardinal647 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel621 obs
  • Mallard556 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco511 obs
  • Blue Jay507 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker465 obs
  • American Crow441 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/35451678

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