Rogers Lake Park

Rogers Lake Park is a park in Dakota, Minnesota. Rogers Lake Park is situated nearby to the town Mendota Heights, as well as near the locality Bdóte.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Thomas Academy and Sibley Historic Site.

Saint Thomas Academy

School

Saint Thomas Academy, originally known as St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary and formerly known as St. Thomas Military Academy, is an all-male, Catholic military high school in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.

The Sibley Historic Site is the site of Henry Hastings Sibley's home, who was the regional manager of the American Fur Company and Minnesota's first governor. Sibley Historic Site is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rogers Lake Park.

Fort Snelling

Protected area

Photo: The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rogers Lake Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendota Heights and Mendota.

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

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 northwest of Rogers Lake Park.

Bdóte

Locality

Bdóte is a significant Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring, Indian Mounds Park, and surrounding areas in present-day Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Bdóte is situated 1½ miles north of Rogers Lake Park.

Rogers Lake Park

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

44.87369° or 44° 52′ 25″ north

Longitude

-93.13936° or 93° 8′ 22″ west

Elevation

879 feet (268 metres)

Open location code

86P8VVF6+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 546728522

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6347446

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