Fort Snelling State Park
Fort Snelling State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. For many centuries, the area of the modern park has been of importance to the Mdewakanton Dakota people who consider it the center of the Earth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Coldwater Spring and Fort Snelling.
Coldwater Spring
Park
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Coldwater Spring is a spring in the Fort Snelling unorganized territory of the U.S. state of Minnesota, that is considered a sacred site by the Dakota people, and was also the site of the U.S. Army's Camp Coldwater for troops that constructed Fort Snelling.
Fort Snelling
Protected area
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers.
Fort Snelling
Railway station
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Fort Snelling station is a light rail station on the Blue Line in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region of the U.S. state of Minnesota, named after the nearby Fort Snelling historic fort structure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mendota and Nokomis.
Mendota
Village
Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.
Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, bdóte, which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world. Mendota is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort Snelling State Park.
Nokomis
Suburb
Nokomis is a defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It takes its name from Lake Nokomis. It comprises eleven smaller neighborhoods. Nokomis neighborhoods fall in Minneapolis City Council wards 8, 11, and 12, currently represented by council members Andrea Jenkins, Emily Koski, and Aurin Chowdhury, respectively. Nokomis is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fort Snelling State Park.
Mendota Heights
Town
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Mendota Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census. Mendota Heights is situated 3 miles east of Fort Snelling State Park.
Fort Snelling State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: state park in Minnesota, United States
- Categories: Minnesota state park and recreation area
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.89902° or 44° 53′ 57″ northLongitude
-93.19264° or 93° 11′ 34″ westElevation
699 feet (213 metres)Open location code
86P8VRX4+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 154130209OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5027177Wikidata ID
Q3364046
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Fort Snelling State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Snelling State Park”
- French: “Fort Snelling State Park”
- French: “Parc d’Etat de Fort Snelling”
- French: “parc d’État de Fort Snelling”
- French: “Parc d’état de fort Snelling”
- French: “Parc d’État de Fort Snelling”
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