Staring Lake Park
Staring Lake Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Norwegian Hill stands 294 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Eden Prairie Outdoor Center, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 20.3 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Minnehaha Falls View Area · 13 mi
- Ford Dam Scenic Overlook · 14 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 14 mi
- Mound · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eden Prairie Outdoor Center: 0.3 mi
- Snoopy's Junction: 2.4 mi
- High Roller: 2.4 mi
- Peanuts Playhouse: 2.4 mi
- Woodstock Whirlybirds: 2.4 mi
- Staring Lake Disc Golf Course: 0.4 mi
- Flying Cloud Fields: 0.9 mi
- Creekwood Park: 1.0 mi
- Pheasant Woods Park: 1.0 mi
- Homeward Hills Park: 1.3 mi
- Reading Garden: 1.6 mi
- Normandale Japanese Garden: 6.0 mi
- Excelsior Mens Garden Club: 7.1 mi
- Nut Trees: 8.0 mi
- Oak: 8.0 mi
- Riley Creek Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Fox Woods Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Raguet Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Pleasant View Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Chanhassen Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Cobra Helicopter: 3.2 mi
- Chanhassen Welcome Monument: 4.2 mi
- Chanhassen Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Cahill Settlement Monument: 5.2 mi
- Brewery: 6.0 mi
- Pixel Yeti: 4.3 mi
- Pixel Jared: 4.3 mi
- Pixel Jared: 4.3 mi
- Pixel Jared: 4.3 mi
- Pixel Jared: 4.3 mi
- Wings of the North Air Museum: 0.6 mi
- Chanhassen First City Hall: 4.2 mi
- Scott County Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center: 5.8 mi
- Edina Historical Society Museum: 6.0 mi
- Round Lake Beach: 2.9 mi
- Bryant Lake Park Swimming Beach: 3.4 mi
- Bush Lake Beach: 3.6 mi
- Shady Oak Beach: 5.3 mi
- Shady Oak Beach: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Point Pavilion: 2.7 mi
- Woodcrest: 4.1 mi
- North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 5.0 mi
- Shady Ridge: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Glen: 13.2 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 13.1 mi
- West Clay Pit: 17.5 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 17.6 mi
- East Clay Pit: 17.8 mi
- Sand Castles: 20.4 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 4.2 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 12.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 14.2 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 16.6 mi
- Seminary Hill: 21.0 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 13.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.8 mi
- Shadow Falls: 14.5 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 18.2 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Boiling Springs: 5.3 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 13.3 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 14.3 mi
- White Worm Springs: 22.8 mi
- wayside rest: 18.1 mi
- Elm Creek Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 20.9 mi
- San Francisco: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Staring Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Hill | NE 38° | 293.522 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:48 | 16:36 |
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 | 20 | 33 | 47 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 50 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minneapolis Flying Cloud AP, under a mile away.
- Eastern Cottonwood104 obs
- Barred Owl93 obs
- Bald Eagle55 obs
- box elder52 obs
- Great Blue Heron48 obs
- American Toad47 obs
- Trumpeter Swan43 obs
- Mallard39 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/554344260
Day trips start here
- Minneapolis · 14 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 15 mi
- Twin Cities · 15 mi
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