Barn Bluff

Barn Bluff is a bluff along the Mississippi River in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States. The bluff is considered sacred by the Dakota people because it is the site of many burial mounds.

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Type: Park
Description: River bluff in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
Also known as: “Ḣe Mni C̣aƞ - Barn Bluff”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Wing station and St. James Hotel.

Red Wing station

Railway station

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Red Wing station is a Amtrak train station in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States. It is served by the daily round trips of the Borealis and Empire Builder. Red Wing station is situated 3,100 feet west of Barn Bluff.

St. James Hotel

Hotel

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St. James Hotel in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States, is an Italianate building built in 1874-1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. St. James Hotel is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Barn Bluff.

Christ Episcopal Church

Church

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The parish of Christ Episcopal Church in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States, was founded in 1858. It is a congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. Christ Episcopal Church is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Barn Bluff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Wing and Pucketville.

Red Wing

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Red Wing is a beautiful little town in Minnesota, set among the bluffs along the Mississippi River, about 50 miles southeast of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Pucketville

Hamlet

Trenton is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,911 at the time of the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Hager City, and the unincorporated communities of North Red Wing, Pucketville, and Trenton are located in the town.

North Red Wing

Hamlet

Barn Bluff

Categories: landform and recreation area
Location: Goodhue, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.56943° or 44° 34′ 10″ north

Longitude

-92.52596° or 92° 31′ 34″ west

Open location code

86P9HF9F+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 198488517

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q4861290

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In Other Languages

“Barn Bluff” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Barn Bluff (pangpang)”
Cebuano: “Barn Bluff”

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