David -- I understood that the highest point in Minneapolis was on the
grounds of one of our public schools, I believe one in the northern part of
the city (Audobon, maybe?). I can't remember exactly, and can't seem to
find where I saw that.
But here is what I found for the basic elevation of the city itself:
from http://www.pe.net/~rksnow/mncountyminneapolis.htm#location :
Minneapolis elevation is 695-945 feet above sea level.
from http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/news/publications/fastfact98.html :
Elevation 824 feet above sea level
from http://www.airnav.com/airport/MSP :
MSP - MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ AIRPORT
Elevation: 841 ft. / 256.3 m (surveyed)
from http://newnet.lanl.gov/altcalc.htm :
Elevation of some United States cities in feet:
Minneapolis 815 ft
Some variation, but the all seem to be in a similar range.
Paul Ostrow, at
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/city-council/ward1/index.asp claims:
Distinguishing Features of the 1st Ward:
Central Avenue
Norwegian Hill (high point of elevation in
Minneapolis)
I don't know what this means, but it's neat to look at:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/w/mwj113/sample.htm
Some interesting geographical info is here
http://www.ssec.org/idis/gate/States/physical/minneap.htm
I expect this site: http://www.datafinder.org/metadata/hypso10f.htm could
give you all the data needed to find exactly where the highest & lowest
points in Mpls are.
I understand the lowest natural point in Minneapolis is in the Mississippi
River Gorge, at the edge of the river in front of the Veterans home, just
south of where Minnehaha Falls & the creek join the Mississippi, sort of
across from the Ford Plant Power house.
I'd be interested in finding out where is the lowest point (natural or
man-made) that you can visit in Minneapolis. I think the new UofM
underground library caverns might be a possibility. Or else some of the
sub-basement service levels under the towers in downtown? I know that the
old Federal Reserve Building had underground vaults going down several
floors. Also, the old Northwestern Bank bldg (pre-fire) had an artesian
well underneath it that was once used to supply cooling water -- I was told
that the wellhead was about 4 floors down from the 7th St. sidewalk. I
don't know if that is still there somewhere under the Wells Fargo Tower
lobby.
Another interesting question: is Minneapolis (say the City Hall, for
example) closer to the North Pole or the Equator? The correct answer is
the Equator, I understand. Supposedly there is a geographic marker along
highway 55, near or inside Wirth Park, that designates exactly the 45th
parallel, which is exactly halfway between the equator & north pole. So
1st & 4th wards are near the north pole, 11th, 12th, & 13th are closer to
the equator! Someday I'll try to actually find out where that marker is,
and visit it!
As you can see, I'm kind of a geography geek too.
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