Valley Park

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sibley Historic Site and Pike Island.

Sibley Historic Site

Museum

Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 2 miles west of Valley Park.

Pike Island

Island

Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.

Pike Island is an island at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers in the southwestern-most part of Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Pike Island is situated 2 miles west of Valley Park.

Mendota Bridge

Bridge

Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highways 55 and 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. It is the final bridge over the Minnesota River before the Minnesota flows into the Mississippi River at the "Meeting of the waters" or "Mendota" in the Dakota language. Mendota Bridge is situated 2½ miles west of Valley Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendota Heights and Bdóte.

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.

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.

Lilydale

Village

Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.

Lilydale is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. Lilydale is situated 1½ miles north of Valley Park.

Valley Park

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

44.89153° or 44° 53′ 30″ north

Longitude

-93.12749° or 93° 7′ 39″ west

Elevation

807 feet (246 metres)

Open location code

86P8VVRF+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 60946201

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6347492

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