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Tower Hill Park

Tower Hill Park from directly overhead

Tower Hill Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Bissel's Mound stands 307 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.96882, -93.21265

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Barton Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Clarence Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Orlin Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Luxton Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
  • United Crushers: 0.3 mi
  • From the Cracks of the Concrete: 0.4 mi
  • Under the Same Sun: 0.6 mi
  • Coming Home: 0.7 mi
  • Love: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
  • White Sand Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Longfellow Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Lake Hiawatha Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Nokomis Main Beach: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • West Picnic Grounds: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Pen: 3.6 mi
  • Wabun A: 3.6 mi
  • Wabun B: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Glen: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Norwegian Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 6.6 mi
  • Seminary Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 9.8 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Shadow Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 3.5 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Minnehaha Falls: 3.7 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 6.0 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 6.0 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 6.0 mi
  • Sand Castles: 7.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hajduk Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 4.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bissel's MoundE 99°307 m18.8 mi
Norwegian HillNNW 339°293.522 m4.2 mi
Coons HillE 89°268 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:2720:1921:04
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4915:4616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465969747163483321
Precip in0.90.91.63.34.34.84.64.53.43.01.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lower ST Anthony Falls, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee552 obs
  • Wild Turkey548 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel357 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee237 obs
  • American Robin220 obs
  • Monarch217 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail202 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle198 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/35219729

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