Mní Ówe Sní (Coldwater Spring)
Mní Ówe Sní (Coldwater Spring) is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Coldwater Spring, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 19.3 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Minneapolis: City of Lakes: 0.4 mi
- Saint Paul: 0.8 mi
- Historic Fort Snelling: 0.9 mi
- Wokiksuye K'a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial: 0.9 mi
- WPA Work Camp No 1: 2.3 mi
- Ohiyesa: 0.5 mi
- Thomson Reuters Concourse C Art Gallery: 1.3 mi
- You Are Here: 1.3 mi
- A Boreal Triad: 1.4 mi
- Thomson Reuters Main Mall Gallery: 1.4 mi
- Yardville Right of Way: 0.5 mi
- Leonard H. Neiman Sports Complex: 0.7 mi
- Homecroft Park: 0.9 mi
- Míča Park: 0.9 mi
- Howell Park: 0.9 mi
- Minnesota Air National Guard Museum: 0.6 mi
- Plank Museum & Visitor Center: 0.7 mi
- John H. Stevens House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Minnehaha Depot: 1.2 mi
- Longfellow House: 1.4 mi
- McDonough Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Pilot Knob Preservation Site: 1.9 mi
- Dodge Nature Center: 4.3 mi
- Dodge Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Wood Lake Nature Center: 5.0 mi
- Longfellow Gardens: 1.4 mi
- English Garden: 1.9 mi
- Nokomis Naturescape Garden: 2.1 mi
- Dowling Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- We Garden: 3.1 mi
- MCAD Sculpture Garden: 5.4 mi
- Shoe Tree: 5.5 mi
- Space Tower: 5.7 mi
- Minnesota State Fairgrounds: 5.7 mi
- Carousel: 5.7 mi
- Snelling Beach: 1.5 mi
- Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 2.1 mi
- Lake Hiawatha Beach: 2.3 mi
- Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 2.4 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 2.9 mi
- Wabun C: 1.1 mi
- Wabun G: 1.2 mi
- Wabun D: 1.2 mi
- Wabun F: 1.2 mi
- Wabun A: 1.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.0 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 5.0 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 8.9 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 9.3 mi
- Seminary Hill: 11.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 0.7 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 1.3 mi
- Shadow Falls: 3.0 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 6.2 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 9.3 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 1.3 mi
- West Clay Pit: 4.2 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 4.3 mi
- East Clay Pit: 4.4 mi
- Sand Castles: 7.1 mi
- wayside rest: 14.0 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 20.4 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 24.5 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 0.0 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 4.0 mi
- White Worm Springs: 10.1 mi
- Boiling Springs: 13.3 mi
- Nininger: 17.0 mi
- Point Douglas: 21.2 mi
- Garen: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mní Ówe Sní (Coldwater Spring). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melander Hill | E 97° | 330 m | 24.7 mi |
| Dills Mound | ESE 111° | 320 m | 23.1 mi |
| Starks Mound | ESE 106° | 310 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | E 85° | 307 m | 17.8 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | NNW 345° | 293.522 m | 8.9 mi |
| Coons Hill | ENE 77° | 268 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:46 | 16:35 |
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 | 16 | 21 | 33 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 50 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis-st Paul Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer488 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee469 obs
- bloodroot303 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage288 obs
- American Beaver280 obs
- Virginia waterleaf275 obs
- Mallard262 obs
- Canada Goose253 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/227190569
Day trips start here
- Twin Cities · 3 mi
- Minneapolis · 6 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 6 mi
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