Marydale Park
Marydale Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Como Parkway, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.7 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.3 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Como Parkway: 0.4 mi
- Front Park: 0.5 mi
- Dale Playground: 0.6 mi
- Orchard Park: 0.7 mi
- North End Community Center: 0.8 mi
- Willow Reserve: 0.4 mi
- Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 2.9 mi
- Imniżaska: 3.6 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Dodge Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- The Gates Ajar: 1.1 mi
- Global Harmony Labyrinth: 1.1 mi
- Mannheimer Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Floyd Olson: 1.8 mi
- John Johnson: 1.8 mi
- Ibsen Monument: 1.1 mi
- Schiller Monument: 1.2 mi
- Leif Erikson: 1.7 mi
- Quadriga: 1.8 mi
- Monument to the Living: 1.9 mi
- Enchanted Garden: 1.3 mi
- Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden: 1.4 mi
- Centennial Garden: 1.4 mi
- Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 1.5 mi
- Victoria Garden: 1.8 mi
- Cafesjian's Carousel: 1.4 mi
- Flamingo: 1.4 mi
- Sumatran Orangutan: 1.5 mi
- Seals: 1.5 mi
- Zebra: 1.5 mi
- Minnesota Transportation Museum: 1.6 mi
- Minnesota History Center: 2.0 mi
- Minnesota Children's Museum: 2.4 mi
- Minnesota Children's Museum: 2.4 mi
- Julian H Sleeper House: 2.5 mi
- Phalen Park Beach: 3.5 mi
- Gervais Lake Beach: 3.6 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 4.4 mi
- White Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 6.5 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 1.5 mi
- Wabun A: 5.7 mi
- Wabun B: 5.7 mi
- Wabun C: 5.7 mi
- Wabun D: 5.7 mi
- Seminary Hill: 6.2 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 6.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.8 mi
- Bissel's Mound: 14.7 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 1.1 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 3.4 mi
- Shadow Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.6 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 5.9 mi
- Sand Castles: 3.3 mi
- East Clay Pit: 3.9 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 4.0 mi
- West Clay Pit: 4.1 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 5.9 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 16.5 mi
- wayside rest: 19.0 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 4.6 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 6.4 mi
- White Worm Springs: 9.2 mi
- Boiling Springs: 19.5 mi
- Nininger: 17.9 mi
- Garen: 18.6 mi
- Point Douglas: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marydale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melander Hill | ESE 111° | 330 m | 22.5 mi |
| Dills Mound | SE 127° | 320 m | 22.6 mi |
| Starks Mound | ESE 122° | 310 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | ESE 104° | 307 m | 14.7 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | WNW 300° | 293.522 m | 6.7 mi |
| Coons Hill | E 90° | 268 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
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 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — U OF MN ST Paul, 3 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee973 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee570 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee379 obs
- Monarch240 obs
- Rusty-patched Bumble Bee231 obs
- Red-belted Bumble Bee228 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee223 obs
- Western Honey Bee182 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/55948633
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