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Phalen Park

Phalen Park from directly overhead

Phalen Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Phalen Park Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.8 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.98780, -93.05528

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Parks
  • Lookout Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wheelock Triangles: 0.7 mi
  • Wheelock Triangles: 0.8 mi
  • Gladstone Savanna Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wheelock Parkway: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 2.6 mi
  • Imniżaska: 2.7 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 3.0 mi
  • Southwood Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Maplewood Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums: 57
Beaches: 45
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 4.9 mi
  • Wabun A: 8.8 mi
  • Wabun B: 8.8 mi
  • Wabun C: 8.8 mi
  • Wabun D: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Seminary Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.4 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 11.7 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 0.4 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 4.4 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 2.7 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 5.4 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 5.6 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 5.6 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • White Worm Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 117°330 m19.8 mi
Dills MoundSE 134°320 m20.5 mi
Starks MoundSE 129°310 m19.3 mi
Bissel's MoundESE 112°307 m11.7 mi
Norwegian HillWNW 286°293.522 m9.5 mi
Coons HillE 93°268 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737062483421

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee801 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee360 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee338 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee209 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee167 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee152 obs
  • Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee82 obs
  • Monarch76 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/43377441

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