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Tony Schmidt Regional Park

Tony Schmidt Regional Park from directly overhead

Tony Schmidt Regional Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Perry Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates45.05491, -93.17845

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Perry Park: 0.2 mi
  • Chatham Trails Park: 0.3 mi
  • Valentine Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lindey's Park: 0.9 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • AHATS Wildlife Observation Area, Arden Hills: 3.1 mi
  • Willow Reserve: 6.1 mi
  • Tamarack Nature Center: 7.1 mi
  • Bruentrup Heritage Farm: 8.5 mi
  • Waḳaƞ Ṭípi: 8.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Math On-A-Stick: 4.9 mi
  • Lion: 5.1 mi
  • Dall's Sheep: 5.1 mi
  • Reindeer: 5.1 mi
  • Tiger: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 52
  • Gervais Lake Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Golden Lake: 5.9 mi
  • White Sand Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Phalen Park Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • West Picnic Grounds: 5.4 mi
  • Deer Pen: 9.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 9.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Seminary Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Norwegian Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Sand Creek Sledding Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 12.2 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 5.3 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.2 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 9.1 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 9.8 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 9.9 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 10.0 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 10.8 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 15.0 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundESE 118°307 m19.1 mi
Norwegian HillWSW 237°293.522 m3.8 mi
Coons HillESE 104°268 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:4915:4516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133476069747264503623
Precip in0.80.81.53.14.34.54.54.43.13.11.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vadnais Lake, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee71 obs
  • Mallard47 obs
  • Painted Turtle41 obs
  • common buckthorn38 obs
  • white snakeroot38 obs
  • Canada Goose36 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee35 obs
  • common motherwort30 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/340364654

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