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Minnehaha Regional Park

Minnehaha Regional Park from directly overhead

Minnehaha Regional Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 237 m. Dills Mound stands 320 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wabun G, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.91338, -93.20611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Gateway Park: 0.5 mi
  • Assembly Union Park: 0.5 mi
  • Yardville Right of Way: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Curve Parkway: 0.6 mi
  • Míča Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Longfellow Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Dowling Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • English Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 1.4 mi
  • We Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Ohiyesa: 1.5 mi
  • White Sculpture: 1.9 mi
  • You Are Here: 2.0 mi
  • A Boreal Triad: 2.1 mi
  • Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 2.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Wabun G: 0.1 mi
  • Wabun F: 0.2 mi
  • Wabun D: 0.2 mi
  • Wabun C: 0.2 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 0.2 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Pilot Knob: 3.0 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 6.0 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 9.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Minnehaha Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.6 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 0.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 4.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 4.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 4.7 mi
  • Sand Castles: 7.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Coldwater Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 3.0 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dills MoundESE 113°320 m23.9 mi
Starks MoundESE 108°310 m23.4 mi
Bissel's MoundE 88°307 m18.2 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 347°293.522 m7.9 mi
Coons HillE 79°268 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:35

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee735 obs
  • Northern Cardinal391 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee391 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee379 obs
  • Monarch365 obs
  • bloodroot328 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee316 obs
  • American Robin300 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/159530727

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