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Scheffer Park

Scheffer Park from directly overhead

Scheffer Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Como Ave Horseshoe Courts, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates44.96025, -93.10976

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Como Ave Horseshoe Courts: 0.1 mi
  • Como Parkway: 0.2 mi
  • Little Mekong Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • Western Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lewis Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Rivoli Bluffs Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Aurora/St. Anthony Peace Sanctuary Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Victoria Garden: 1.4 mi
  • David Barton Community Reflective Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Dayton Bluff Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches: 50
  • Phalen Park Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 4.7 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Snelling Beach: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 2.5 mi
  • Wabun A: 5.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 5.6 mi
  • Wabun C: 5.6 mi
  • Wabun D: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 6.4 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.0 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 2.3 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 3.3 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 2.2 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 2.8 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 2.9 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 3.0 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 5.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 6.0 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillESE 109°330 m21.5 mi
Dills MoundSE 126°320 m21.3 mi
Starks MoundESE 121°310 m20.4 mi
Bissel's MoundE 101°307 m13.7 mi
Norwegian HillNW 305°293.522 m7.9 mi
Coons HillE 87°268 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4815:4616:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152032465868737162483421

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee607 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee308 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee206 obs
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee176 obs
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee167 obs
  • Rock Pigeon144 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee139 obs
  • Monarch113 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/124766590

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