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Prairie Park

Prairie Park from directly overhead

Prairie Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Becker Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.11511, -94.51973

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 7
  • Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • Chief Little Crow: 11.2 mi
  • Tank: 17.1 mi
  • Hutchinson Brothers: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 5.5 mi
  • A maze'n Farmyard: 15.2 mi
  • Minnesota Pioneer Park: 22.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • King's Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Mt Aral: 18.9 mi
  • Hurrle Peak: 24.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt AralNNE 32°421 m18.9 mi
Hurrle PeakNE 40°370 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5219:31
June solstice05:3220:2421:10
September equinox07:0618:3919:17
December solstice07:5415:5016:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101427435666716860453017
Precip in0.80.81.52.63.74.63.84.13.02.61.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield, 1 mi away.

  • bittersweet nightshade5 obs
  • Common Grackle3 obs
  • Barn Swallow3 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil3 obs
  • box elder3 obs
  • common motherwort3 obs
  • spotted knapweed3 obs
  • eastern black nightshade3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/585185087

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