Marie Park

Marie Park is a park in Dakota, Minnesota. Marie 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.

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.

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 2 miles west of Marie 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.

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.

Marie Park

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

44.89177° or 44° 53′ 30″ north

Longitude

-93.13852° or 93° 8′ 19″ west

Elevation

879 feet (268 metres)

Open location code

86P8VVR6+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 556906241

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6347493

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