Central Park

Central Park is a park in Dakota, Minnesota. Central Park is situated nearby to the village Mendota, as well as near the hamlet Wescott.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Eagan Transit Station and Fort Snelling State Park.

Eagan Transit Station

Bus station

Photo: Quazie, CC BY 2.0.

The Eagan Transit Station is a transit facility located in Eagan, Minnesota. Riders also hail from the nearby communities of Mendota Heights and Northern Rosemount.

Fort Snelling State Park

Nature reserve

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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. Fort Snelling State Park is situated 2 miles northwest of Central Park.

Blackhawk Lake

Blackhawk Lake is a lake in Dakota County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. According to Warren Upham, Blackhawk Lake is probably an English translation of the Sioux language name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eagan and Mendota.

Eagan

Photo: Quazie, CC BY 2.0.

Eagan is a city of 69,000 people in Minnesota on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. It is a suburb in the southern part of the Twin Cities region.

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 3½ miles north of Central Park.

Mendota Heights

Town

Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.

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 3½ miles northeast of Central Park.

Central Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Dakota, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.8397° or 44° 50′ 23″ north

Longitude

-93.17228° or 93° 10′ 20″ west

Elevation

833 feet (254 metres)

Open location code

86P8RRQH+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 492640367

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6347442

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