Fort Snelling State Park Office
Fort Snelling State Park Office is a ranger station in Hennepin, Minnesota. Fort Snelling State Park Office is situated nearby to Snelling Lake, as well as near the airport terminal Concourse A.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Snelling State Park and Terminal 1.
Fort Snelling State Park
Nature reserve
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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.
Terminal 1
Railway stop
Photo: Andrew Ciscel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Terminal 1–Lindbergh station is a light rail station on the Metro Blue Line. It is the only underground station on the Blue Line and is located 69 feet below ground level at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. Terminal 1 is situated 1 mile northwest of Fort Snelling State Park Office.
Mendota Bridge
Bridge
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highways 55 and 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. It is the final bridge over the Minnesota River before the Minnesota flows into the Mississippi River at the "Meeting of the waters" or "Mendota" in the Dakota language. Mendota Bridge is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Fort Snelling State Park Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mendota and Bdóte.
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 is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fort Snelling State Park Office.
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 Fort Snelling State Park Office.
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 2½ miles east of Fort Snelling State Park Office.
Fort Snelling State Park Office
- Type: Ranger station
- Category: building
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.87353° or 44° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
-93.19136° or 93° 11′ 29″ westOpen location code
86P8VRF5+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 241518116OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=ranger_stationOpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Snelling Lake and Concourse A.
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