Hidden Falls
Hidden Falls is a waterfall in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 317 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Creek Woods SNA, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 24 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
state park in Rice County, Minnesota, United States
Dates from 1945.
Wikidata Q6996700, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 23.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Spring Lake Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 0.8 mi
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 0.9 mi
- Prairie Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
- Cannon River Wilderness Park: 6.1 mi
- Cannon River Trout Lily SNA: 6.7 mi
- City Park: 1.8 mi
- Caron Park: 3.0 mi
- Meadows Park: 6.3 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 6.4 mi
- Wheeler Park: 6.6 mi
- Kenyon Area Historical Society at the Gunderson House: 7.5 mi
- Northfield Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Rice County Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Millersburg School: 12.4 mi
- Cannon Falls Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Archibald Mill Ruins: 7.6 mi
- Mill Towns Trail Info: 7.6 mi
- Northfield Area Veterans Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza: 8.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 8.0 mi
- Voices, Thoughts, & Spirits in the Wind: 7.6 mi
- Between Earth and Sky: 7.6 mi
- Harvest: 8.0 mi
- Love Windmill: 8.0 mi
- 5th Street Bridge: 8.1 mi
- Northfield Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 7.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
- Bee Garden: 7.9 mi
- Hill of Three Oaks: 8.3 mi
- West Praire Hill: 11.2 mi
- East Prairie Hill: 11.2 mi
- Friendship Point: 13.0 mi
- Mount Krystosek: 24.3 mi
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 11.7 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 17.2 mi
- wayside rest: 24.5 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 8.0 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 8.8 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 8.9 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 14.8 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 13.7 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 13.7 mi
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 20.5 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 3.1 mi
- Molly Falls: 3.1 mi
- fire ring: 13.5 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hidden Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie Hill | NNE 19° | 297 m | 11.2 mi |
| West Praire Hill | NNE 18° | 294 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:16 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:49 | 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 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faribault, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 301 | 273 | 1,135 | 1,401 | 1,491 | 1,614 | 1,148 | 758 | 866 | 730 | 478 | 383 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cannon River AT Northfield MN, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/604558747
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