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St. Croix Boom Site State Wayside

St. Croix Boom Site State Wayside from directly overhead

St. Croix Boom Site State Wayside is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Croix Boom Site, a historic site 0.1 miles away. St. Croix Scenic Byway runs past it. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.08357, -92.78733

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • St. Croix River Boom Site Landing: 0.7 mi
  • Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Arcola Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Saint Croix Islands State Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • River Bench: 7.9 mi
  • Roaming Stone: 9.3 mi
  • White Bear Center for the Arts: 10.8 mi
  • Snowman: 11.0 mi
  • Pauly the Polar Bear: 11.6 mi
Museums: 37
Attractions: 34
  • Majestic Star: 2.2 mi
  • Showboat: 2.2 mi
  • Anastasia: 2.2 mi
  • Empress: 2.2 mi
  • Jubilee II: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 30
Beaches: 21
  • Brown's Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Browns Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Lakeland Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Bellaire Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Ramsey County Beach: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fairy Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Willow Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Griers Falls: 16.7 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Coons Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Mount Hellen: 8.1 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 11.3 mi
  • Melander Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Mill Pond Park: 16.8 mi
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 19.4 mi
  • Wabun A: 23.4 mi
  • Wabun C: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 16.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 19.4 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 19.6 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 19.6 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • White Worm Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of St. Croix Boom Site State Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillSSE 164°330 m16.3 mi
Dills MoundS 176°320 m21.1 mi
Starks MoundS 175°310 m19.0 mi
Bissel's MoundSSW 192°307 m11.3 mi
Norwegian HillW 260°293.522 m22.6 mi
Sandstone PointNNE 15°287 m22.4 mi
Coons HillSSE 163°268 m7.9 mi
Peaslee PeakNNE 13°229 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2520:1721:03
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4715:4416:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182335496171757365523724
Precip in1.00.91.53.14.25.44.55.33.23.21.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stillwater 1 SE, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bald Eagle23 obs
  • red columbine21 obs
  • bloodroot21 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit19 obs
  • common motherwort19 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 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/550907488

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