50th Street/Minnehaha Park

50th Street/Minnehaha Park is a light rail station on the Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. This station is located on the southwest corner on the intersection of 50th Street with Minnesota State Highway 55, in the Minnehaha neighborhood.

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Type: Railway station
Description: light rail station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Also known as: “50th Street / Minnehaha Park”, “50th Street / Minnehaha Park Station”, “50th Street Station”, “50th Street-Minnehaha Park Station”, “50th Street/Minnehaha Park station”, “50th Street/Minnehaha Park Station”, and “Minnehaha Park Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Longfellow House and Minnehaha Falls.

Longfellow House

Museum

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The Longfellow House in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is a 2/3-scale replica of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Longfellow House is situated 1,700 feet northwest of 50th Street/Minnehaha Park.

Minnehaha Falls

Waterfall

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

Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and home to Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek. Officially named Minnehaha Regional Park, it is part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board system and lies within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service.

Nokomis Library

Library

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Nokomis Library, formerly Nokomis Community Library, is a branch library serving the Nokomis East area of Minneapolis, Minnesota. One of 41 libraries in the Hennepin County Library system, Nokomis was designed by Buetow and Associates, Inc and opened in 1968 as a replacement for the nearby Longfellow Community Library. Nokomis Library is situated 3,500 feet west of 50th Street/Minnehaha Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nokomis and Highland Park.

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.

Highland Park

Suburb

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Highland Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern corner of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Also known as Highland District Council, it lies along the Mississippi River just north of Fort Snelling and across the river from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. Highland Park is situated 1½ miles east of 50th Street/Minnehaha Park.