The Glen in Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
USA /
Minnesota /
Mendota /
Minneapolis, Minnesota
World
/ USA
/ Minnesota
/ Mendota
World / United States / Minnesota
park, region
Current channel of Minnehaha Creek below Minnehaha Falls. Formed by Mississippi River about 10,000 years ago when St. Anthony Falls receded faster on the east Side of Soldier's Home Island than the west side, leaving an abandoned falls at the north end of the glen, as well as an over-sized channel for Minnehaha Creek. Minnehaha Falls has also receded, as it used to be located at the edge of the abandoned Mississippi channel and is now about 1,000 feet to the west.
Minnehaha Park was established in 1885 as Minnesota's first State Park. It was given to the city in 1889 and since then it has been a City Park and nature preserve.
Minnehaha Park was established in 1885 as Minnesota's first State Park. It was given to the city in 1889 and since then it has been a City Park and nature preserve.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°54'47"N 93°12'19"W
- Crosby - Hidden Falls Regional Park 0.6 km
- Fort Snelling State Park 2.5 km
- Pike Island 2.8 km
- Fort Snelling National Cemetery 4.3 km
- Theodore Wirth Park 14 km
- North Mississippi Park 17 km
- Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lake Park Reserve 18 km
- Bryant Lake Regional Park 19 km
- Long Lake County Park (Ramsey County) 20 km
- Clifton French Regional Park 23 km
- Minnehaha Neighborhood 0.5 km
- Highland Bridge (site of the former Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant) 1 km
- Hiawatha Neighborhood 1.4 km
- Morris Park Neighborhood 1.6 km
- St Catherine University 2.2 km
- Howe Neighborhood 2.7 km
- Highland Park neighborhood 2.9 km
- Macalester-Groveland Neighborhood 3.5 km
- Highland National Golf Course (18 hole) 3.5 km
- Ramsey County 13 km