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Long Lake Park

Long Lake Park from directly overhead

Long Lake Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates45.07911, -93.19544

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 1.1 mi
  • Freedom Park: 1.2 mi
  • Creekview Park: 1.2 mi
  • Brightside Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sunny Square Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, Arden Hills: 2.5 mi
  • Tamarack Nature Center: 7.4 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 7.9 mi
  • Bruentrup Heritage Farm: 9.7 mi
  • Mike's Island: 10.1 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 49
  • Golden Lake: 4.6 mi
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 7.4 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Wirth Lake Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 7.2 mi
  • Deer Pen: 11.2 mi
  • Wabun A: 11.2 mi
  • Wabun B: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 11.3 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Seminary Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 13.9 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.1 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 8.9 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 10.9 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 11.3 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 11.7 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 11.8 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 12.4 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 16.9 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 121°307 m20.7 mi
Norwegian HillSSW 212°293.522 m4.4 mi
Coons HillESE 108°268 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133476069747264503623
Precip in0.80.81.53.14.34.54.54.43.13.11.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vadnais Lake, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee95 obs
  • Monarch53 obs
  • Mallard43 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee39 obs
  • White-tailed Deer37 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle34 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee34 obs
  • common milkweed29 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/43377561

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