Taylor Park
Taylor Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Highwood Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.3 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 9.4 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 10.7 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carver’s Cave Overlook · 3 mi
- Bruce Vento Scenic Overlook · 5 mi
- Ford Dam Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highwood Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Applewood Neighborhood Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Carver Neighborhood Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Pig's Eye Island Heron Rookery SNA: 1.5 mi
- Imniżaska: 3.1 mi
- Winthrop Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden of Good Hearts: 3.7 mi
- Dayton Bluff Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- David Barton Community Reflective Garden: 4.1 mi
- Rivoli Bluffs Farm: 4.6 mi
- Henry Park: 0.6 mi
- Mailand Park: 0.6 mi
- Vista Hills Park: 0.8 mi
- Applewood Park: 1.0 mi
- Crestview Park: 1.1 mi
- Charles W. "Speed" Holman: 2.4 mi
- West St. Paul: 3.4 mi
- Woodbury Public Safety Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Woodbury Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Oakdale Veteran's Memorial: 4.2 mi
- The Sacred Dish: 2.9 mi
- Usumacinta Meets the Mississippi: 3.3 mi
- Woman and Wolf Statue: 3.7 mi
- Tug of War: 4.1 mi
- Swede Hollow Henge: 4.2 mi
- Cafesjian's Carousel: 8.1 mi
- Flamingo: 8.1 mi
- Sumatran Orangutan: 8.1 mi
- Seals: 8.2 mi
- Zebra: 8.2 mi
- Lawshe Museum: 2.4 mi
- Minnesota Museum Of American Art: 4.3 mi
- Science Museum of Minnesota: 4.6 mi
- Minnesota Children's Museum: 4.6 mi
- Minnesota Children's Museum: 4.6 mi
- Carver Lake Beach: 1.9 mi
- Phalen Park Beach: 4.8 mi
- Gervais Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
- Snelling Beach: 8.9 mi
- Longfellow Beach: 9.4 mi
- West Picnic Grounds: 8.1 mi
- Wabun C: 9.4 mi
- Wabun A: 9.5 mi
- Wabun B: 9.5 mi
- Wabun D: 9.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.2 mi
- Bissel's Mound: 8.7 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 10.9 mi
- Seminary Hill: 12.3 mi
- Norwegian Hill: 13.4 mi
- Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 7.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 8.9 mi
- Shadow Falls: 9.3 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 9.8 mi
- Sand Castles: 3.4 mi
- East Clay Pit: 4.9 mi
- Middle Clay Pit: 5.0 mi
- West Clay Pit: 5.0 mi
- Robinson's Rocks: 7.6 mi
- White Worm Springs: 2.8 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 9.2 mi
- Hajduk Spring: 10.3 mi
- Boiling Springs: 21.6 mi
- St. Croix Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 11.2 mi
- wayside rest: 16.4 mi
- Forest Lake Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Nininger: 11.7 mi
- Point Douglas: 15.0 mi
- Garen: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Taylor Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melander Hill | ESE 106° | 330 m | 16.0 mi |
| Dills Mound | SE 128° | 320 m | 15.8 mi |
| Starks Mound | ESE 121° | 310 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bissel's Mound | E 89° | 307 m | 8.7 mi |
| Norwegian Hill | WNW 303° | 293.522 m | 13.4 mi |
| Coons Hill | ENE 74° | 268 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
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 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Paul, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer185 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee166 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel152 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee134 obs
- Rusty-patched Bumble Bee109 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee106 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee78 obs
- Red-belted Bumble Bee70 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/842058611
Day trips start here
- Twin Cities · 9 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 11 mi
- Minneapolis · 13 mi
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