Parkers Picnic Grounds

Parkers Picnic Grounds is a park in Hennepin, Minnesota. Parkers Picnic Grounds is situated nearby to the locality Oxboro, as well as near Nicols.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Works and Oxboro Library.

The Works

Museum

The Works is an interactive children's museum in Bloomington, Minnesota that focuses on technology and engineering. The museum was conceived by Rebecca Schatz, a software engineer who was inspired by a visit to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and by the hands-on technical education for children that she observed during a year as a Luce Scholar in Japan in 1984.

Oxboro Library

Library

Photo: Ianstade, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oxboro Library is a public library in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. It serves the residents in the Bloomington and Richfield area. It is the second free standing library built in the city, replacing the former library that stood from 1962-1973. Oxboro Library is situated 2 miles north of Parkers Picnic Grounds.

I-35W Minnesota River bridge

Bridge

Photo: Tylervigen, CC BY 4.0.

The I-35W Minnesota River Bridge connects the counties of Hennepin and Dakota, and the cities of Bloomington and Burnsville, over the Minnesota River. The bridge has eight lanes, four lanes in each direction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bloomington and Burnsville.

Bloomington

Photo: Aine, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bloomington, Minnesota is a suburb of Minneapolis. It is near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and home to the Mall of America, the United States' largest shopping mall.

Burnsville

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Burnsville is a city 15 miles south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. The city is situated on a bluff overlooking the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River.

Savage

Town

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Savage is a suburban city 15 miles south-southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city is on the south bank of the Minnesota River in a region commonly called South of the River, comprising the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Savage is situated 4 miles southwest of Parkers Picnic Grounds.

Parkers Picnic Grounds

Type: Park
Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.81333° or 44° 48′ 48″ north

Longitude

-93.26611° or 93° 15′ 58″ west

Elevation

699 feet (213 metres)

Open location code

86P8RP7M+8H

GeoNames ID

7119069

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Localities in the Area

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