WPA Work Camp No 1

WPA Work Camp No 1 is a ruins in City of Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota. WPA Work Camp No 1 is situated nearby to Mendota Heights Trailhead, as well as near the hill Pilot Knob.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Acacia Park Cemetery and Mendota Bridge.

Acacia Park Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.

Acacia Park Cemetery is a public cemetery on Oheyawahi-Pilot Knob hill, in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Established in 1925, Acacia Park consists of 75 acres of land overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Acacia Park Cemetery is situated 3,300 feet north of WPA Work Camp No 1.

Mendota Bridge

Bridge

Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highway 55 and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. Mendota Bridge is situated 1¼ miles north of WPA Work Camp No 1.

Augusta Lake

Augusta Lake is a lake in Dakota County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Augusta Lake was named for a daughter of Henry Hastings Sibley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendota and Mendota Heights.

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.

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. Mendota Heights is situated 2 miles northeast of WPA Work Camp No 1.

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. Bdóte is situated 2½ miles northeast of WPA Work Camp No 1.

WPA Work Camp No 1

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: City of Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.86998° or 44° 52′ 12″ north

Longitude

-93.17372° or 93° 10′ 25″ west

Open location code

86P8VR9G+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4038870780

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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