VA Medical Center

VA Medical Center station is a light rail station on the Blue Line on Fort Snelling in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. This station is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue with the entrance to the Minneapolis VAHCS Medical Center.

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Type: Railway station
Description: light rail station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Also known as: “VA Hospital Station”, “VA Medical Center station”, and “VA Medical Center Station”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coldwater Spring and Fort Snelling State Park.

Coldwater Spring

Park

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Coldwater Spring is a spring in the Fort Snelling unorganized territory of the U.S. state of Minnesota, that is considered a sacred site by the Dakota people, and was also the site of the U.S. Army's Camp Coldwater for troops that constructed Fort Snelling. Coldwater Spring is situated 2,100 feet southeast of VA Medical Center.

Fort Snelling State Park

Park

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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.

Fort Snelling

Railway station

Photo: Bobamnertiopsis, CC BY 4.0.

Fort Snelling station is a light rail station on the Blue Line in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region of the US state of Minnesota, named after the nearby Fort Snelling historic fort structure. Fort Snelling is situated 3,700 feet south of VA Medical Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nokomis and Mendota.

Nokomis

Suburb

Nokomis is a defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It takes its name from Lake Nokomis. It comprises eleven smaller neighborhoods. Nokomis neighborhoods fall in Minneapolis City Council wards 8, 11, and 12 and state legislative districts 51A and 63B. Nokomis is situated 1½ miles northwest of VA Medical Center.

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 2 miles southeast of VA Medical Center.