Pilot Knob Park
Pilot Knob Park is a park in Dakota, Minnesota. Pilot Knob 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
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
Photo: Cmlrcmlr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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. Blackhawk Lake is situated 2 miles south of Pilot Knob Park.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eagan and Mendota.
Eagan
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
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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 3 miles north of Pilot Knob 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 3 miles northeast of Pilot Knob Park.
Pilot Knob Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Dakota, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.84498° or 44° 50′ 42″ northLongitude
-93.17103° or 93° 10′ 16″ westElevation
889 feet (271 metres)Open location code
86P8RRVH+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 552505488OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
6347443
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