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Fort Snelling

Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Rivers.
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Photo: The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: historic fort in Minnesota near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota River
  • Also known as: “Bdote Fort Snelling”, “Fort Snelling at Bdote”, “Fort Snelling, Minnesota”, and “Historic Fort Snelling”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mendota Bridge and Fort Snelling State Park.

Bridge
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , in the US state of carries State Highway 55 and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and . is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Fort Snelling.

Park
Photo: Cmlrcmlr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a state park of the U.S. state of , at the confluence of the 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.

Island
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
is an island at the confluence of the and Minnesota rivers in the southwestern-most part of in the U.S. state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendota and Mendota Heights.

Village
Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.
is a city in , , 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.

Town
Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in , United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census. is situated 2 miles east of Fort Snelling.

Suburb
is a defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It takes its name from . It comprises eleven smaller neighborhoods. neighborhoods fall in Minneapolis City Council wards 8, 11, and 12, currently represented by council members Andrea Jenkins, Emily Koski, and Aurin Chowdhury, respectively. is situated 3 miles northwest of Fort Snelling.

Fort Snelling

Latitude
44.89266° or 44° 53′ 34″ north
Longitude
-93.18088° or 93° 10′ 51″ west
Open location code
86P8VRV9+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 154133281
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q480993
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Fort Snelling” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن سنيلنغ”
  • Chinese: “斯內林堡”
  • Chinese: “斯内林堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort Snelling”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سنيلنج”
  • Finnish: “Fort Snelling”
  • French: “fort Snelling”
  • French: “Fort Snelling”
  • German: “Fort Snelling”
  • Hebrew: “פורט סנלינג”
  • Japanese: “スネリング砦”
  • Japanese: “フォート・スネリング”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fort Snelling”
  • Persian: “قلعه اسنلینگ”
  • Spanish: “Fort Snelling”
  • Swedish: “Fort Snelling”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ سنیلنگ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Snelling”. Photo: The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0.