Waterfall · Minnesota

Winnewissa Falls

Winnewissa Falls is a waterfall in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 517 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center, a museum 0.3 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The name of this waterfall comes from the Dakota word "Wínawizi", which means jealousy.

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Coordinates44.01526, -96.32085

0.7 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Pit Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
Troy Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
Terrace Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
Winter Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 8.4 mi
Winter Wildlife Management Area, East Unit: 8.6 mi

Parks25

Hiawatha Pageant Park: 0.6 mi
Leon H. Moore Park: 0.6 mi
Water Tower Park: 1.1 mi
Casey Jones State Trail Pipestone Trailhead: 1.1 mi
Westview Park: 1.3 mi

Peaks9

Jasper Peak: 13.1 mi
Egan Mounds: 15.0 mi
Murray County Highest Point: 15.7 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 19.0 mi
Trent Mounds: 19.1 mi

Museums5

Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center: 0.3 mi
Pipestone County Museum: 1.1 mi
Moody County Museum: 13.2 mi
Heritage Center: 17.0 mi
Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum: 22.6 mi

Historic sites2

Sundance Site: 0.3 mi
Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Cazenovia: 4.3 mi
Carnegie: 15.5 mi

Artworks2

Dinosaur Statue: 22.1 mi
Fireman Statue: 24.6 mi

Cliffs2

Dells of the Sioux River: 24.1 mi
The Palisades: 24.7 mi

Beaches1

Swim Beach: 8.6 mi

Gardens1

Secret Garden: 13.8 mi

Attractions1

King & Queen Rock: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Murray County Highest Point	E 99°	587.8 m	15.7 mi
Nobles County Highest Point	ESE 119°	552.4 m	23.4 mi
Eagle Rock	SSE 164°	527 m	23.1 mi
Jasper Peak	SSW 193°	523.3 m	13.1 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High Point	S 172°	518 m	19.0 mi
Egan Mounds	W 259°	484 m	15.0 mi
Orphanage Hill	WSW 237°	484 m	23.6 mi
Trent Mounds	WSW 240°	455 m	19.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	19:00	19:38
June solstice	05:43	20:28	21:12
September equinox	07:13	18:46	19:25
December solstice	07:58	16:03	16:51

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	31	44	57	68	72	70	62	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.5	3.0	4.0	4.4	3.3	3.5	3.2	2.3	1.1	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipestone, under a mile away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul, Sep — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jan.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	7.0	15.2	99.1	91.1	62.8	72.4	44.1	14.9	49.8	29.5	20.0	12.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Flandreau Creek Above Flandreau, SD, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2331902529

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