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Linwood Park

Linwood Park from directly overhead

Linwood Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Palace Community Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates44.93331, -93.13397

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palace Community Center: 0.2 mi
  • Kenwood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crocus Hill Terrace Park: 0.4 mi
  • St. Clair Rec Center: 0.4 mi
  • Crocus Triangle: 0.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Victoria Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Garden of Good Hearts: 2.4 mi
  • English Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Blue Garden: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 52
  • Longfellow Beach: 3.4 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 3.3 mi
  • Wabun C: 3.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 3.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 3.7 mi
  • Wabun D: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Pilot Knob: 4.2 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 7.8 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Shadow Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • East Clay Pit: 1.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 1.5 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 1.5 mi
  • Sand Castles: 3.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 4.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 4.2 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 104°330 m22.1 mi
Dills MoundESE 120°320 m21.3 mi
Starks MoundESE 114°310 m20.6 mi
Bissel's MoundE 93°307 m14.7 mi
Norwegian HillNW 320°293.522 m8.3 mi
Coons HillE 81°268 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:25
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee813 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee328 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee271 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee207 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee192 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel189 obs
  • Monarch168 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee125 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/43651837

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