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McRae Park

McRae Park from directly overhead

McRae Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is We Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.91871, -93.26163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Parks
  • Phelps Park: 0.9 mi
  • Elmwood Triangle: 1.0 mi
  • Rustic Lodge Triangle: 1.0 mi
  • Martin Luther King Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fuller Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 52
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Harriet Southeast Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Lake Harriet North Beach: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Picnic Glen: 2.6 mi
  • Deer Pen: 2.6 mi
  • Wabun F: 2.7 mi
  • Wabun G: 2.7 mi
  • Wabun D: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.2 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 11.1 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Pilot Knob: 5.3 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 7.2 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 7.5 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 2.5 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 7.2 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 7.3 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 7.4 mi
  • Sand Castles: 9.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 12.2 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 89°307 m20.9 mi
Norwegian HillN 7°293.522 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
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
  • Mallard569 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee560 obs
  • Northern Cardinal428 obs
  • Wood Duck368 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel338 obs
  • Canada Goose318 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco297 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail294 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/25465585

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