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Longyear Park

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Elevation, modelled
394 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Big Thunder Peak534 m · 16.2 mi
Nearest byway
Edge of the Wilderness4.9 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
21:14local time
Coordinates
47.2863, -93.4285
Longyear Park from directly overhead

Longyear Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled 394 m. Big Thunder Peak stands 534 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is RV Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Edge of the Wilderness passes 4.9 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Longyear Park, along Cole Street. Designed and developed in 1914 by Conrad B. Wolf, the site was originally a cedar swamp full of cattails and bulrushes which first served as the location of an experimental washing plant in the early 1900s.

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Thunder PeakSW 226°534 m16.2 mi

73 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4619:26
June solstice05:1820:2621:14
September equinox07:0118:3319:13
December solstice07:5915:3416:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91427405363686656432815
Precip in1.00.91.32.13.24.74.13.43.02.81.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Rpds Forest LAB, 4 mi away.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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