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Sturges Park

Sturges Park from directly overhead

Sturges Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Ridge Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 10 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.16697, -93.87370

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willow Ridge Park: 0.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Center Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.6 mi
  • Willow Glen Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 50
Artworks: 31
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 15
Beaches: 15
  • Lake Rebecca: 9.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Casco Point Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Lydiard Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Covered pavillion: 19.2 mi
  • Chipmunk picnic area: 21.9 mi
  • Shady Ridge: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Hurrle Peak: 21.8 mi
  • Mt Aral: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt AralWNW 300°421 m24.7 mi
Hurrle PeakNW 315°370 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4919:28
June solstice05:2920:2221:07
September equinox07:0318:3619:15
December solstice07:5215:4816:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121730445767716961473219
Precip in0.71.01.42.64.24.44.34.53.42.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo 2NE, 3 mi away.

  • American Robin90 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel84 obs
  • Northern Cardinal77 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail67 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee65 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow60 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker56 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk53 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/461490200

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