New Market Rest Area - Southbound
New Market Rest Area - Southbound is a rest area in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Windrose Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 18 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 23.7 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National
- 27.4 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Spring Lake Overlook · 23 mi
- Minnehaha Falls View Area · 25 mi
- Ford Dam Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Windrose Park: 0.7 mi
- Little Windrose Park: 1.1 mi
- Webster Township Park: 2.9 mi
- New Market Township Park: 5.1 mi
- Albers County Park: 6.2 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 8.6 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 9.6 mi
- Ampitheater: 15.8 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 16.7 mi
- RipCord: 18.5 mi
- Veterans Path of Honor: 7.8 mi
- Waterford Mill Ruins: 9.2 mi
- Farmington Area Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Carleton Sundial: 9.6 mi
- Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza: 9.6 mi
- Wind Piece: 9.4 mi
- Tree: 9.4 mi
- Flame: 9.5 mi
- Wanbli Mitakuye Oyasin (Eagle Relatives): 9.5 mi
- Threshold: 9.5 mi
- Excel Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Free Rock Garden: 8.1 mi
- Labyrinth: 8.5 mi
- Greenvale Park Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 9.6 mi
- Millersburg School: 8.8 mi
- Northfield Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Gopher State Railway Museum: 14.0 mi
- Rice County Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center: 17.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 12.1 mi
- Watzl's Point Beach: 13.3 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 13.9 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 17.5 mi
- Sand Creek Reservoir Swimming Area: 17.9 mi
- Hill of Three Oaks: 9.8 mi
- West Praire Hill: 13.6 mi
- East Prairie Hill: 13.9 mi
- Friendship Point: 16.6 mi
- Sky Hill Park Overlook: 19.7 mi
- fire ring: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Point Pavilion: 18.4 mi
- Woodcrest: 19.2 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 7.0 mi
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- wayside rest: 13.1 mi
- Lewiston: 11.3 mi
- San Francisco: 22.1 mi
- Nininger: 24.7 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 15.5 mi
- Molly Falls: 15.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 17.2 mi
- Boiling Springs: 15.8 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 24.5 mi
- Robinson's Rocks: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Market Rest Area - Southbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie Hill | ESE 105° | 297 m | 13.9 mi |
| West Praire Hill | ESE 105° | 294 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:18 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:48 | 16:37 |
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 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington 3NW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Twin Cities · 28 mi
- Minneapolis · 30 mi
- Minneapolis/Southeast · 30 mi
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