Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center
Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center is a rest area in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Prairie Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Talahi Park: 2.4 mi
- Selke Field: 2.4 mi
- Rotary East Park: 2.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.6 mi
- Reach Up Park: 2.6 mi
- Dennis M. Thayer: 3.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 9.1 mi
- Stone Gate: 14.4 mi
- Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 3.6 mi
- Stearns History Museum: 5.3 mi
- Rail Legacy Museum: 6.3 mi
- Sherburne History Center's Museum and Sand Burr Gift Shop: 12.8 mi
- Cold Spring Area Historical Society: 17.1 mi
- NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 6.2 mi
- Stoney Brook Farms: 8.8 mi
- Maple Sugar Shack: 14.0 mi
- Saint John's Pottery Studio: 15.0 mi
- Minnesota Pioneer Park: 19.1 mi
- Hurrle Peak: 11.0 mi
- Mt Aral: 16.6 mi
- Saint John's Beach: 14.7 mi
- Avon Beach: 18.3 mi
- Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 19.2 mi
- Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 19.5 mi
- SCSU Logo: 3.0 mi
- Quarry 20 picnic area: 7.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Aral | SW 220° | 421 m | 16.6 mi |
| Hurrle Peak | SSW 206° | 370 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:47 | 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 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 43 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 46 | 31 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Cloud Rgnl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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