Minnehaha Park and Falls - Minneapolis Landmark

  • Address: Hiawatha Ave at Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55417
  • Phone: +1 612 667 4800
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  • Website:www.nps.gov
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Minnehaha Park and Falls
Hiawatha Ave at Minnehaha Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55417

Minnehaha Park and Falls Details

Full Amenity List

  • Wheelchair Accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • This is one of the spectacular urban delights of south Minneapolis. Winding its way from the south ... more on Wcities
  • Minnehaha Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River located in Hennepin County, Minnesota that extends from Lake Minnetonka in the west and flows east for 22 miles (35 km) through several suburbs west of Minneapolis and then through south Minneapolis. Including Lake Minnetonka, the watershed for the creek covers 181 square miles (469 km²). The creek might have been unremarkable except for the 53 foot (16 m) Minnehaha Falls located near the creek's confluence with the Mississippi. The site is not far from Fort Snelling, one of the earliest white settlements in the region. While the name is often translated as "Laughing Water", the correct translation is "waterfall". The name comes from the Dakota language elements mni, meaning water, and ȟaȟa, meaning waterfall.[1] The "Laughing Water" translation comes from Mary Eastman's book Dacotah, published in 1849. Early reports from white visitors called the spot Brown's Falls, named for United States Army commander Jacob Brown. The falls became a tourist destination, especially after the publication of The Song of ... more on Wikipedia

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5.0
beauty hidden in the heart of Minneapolis

Its a park that can be accessable and wild at the same time. A vast ... rhoversten, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

4.0
Beautiful

I absoultly Love Minnehaha Park. It is beautiful ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

5.0
Beautiful

This place was gorgeous. I went there at dusk and followed all the trails and looked ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

5.0
Minnehaha Falls Is The Best

(December 06, 2005 00:00)

I loved this place. Being that I live in Minnesota it was sad that I have not been there before up ... sweetie_pie_hunny_buns, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

4.0
Lovely

This was an excellent place to visit. It is ... brezina_rl, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Directions

From Minneapolis, MN - Head northeast on S 3rd Ave toward S Washington Ave, Turn right at S Washington Ave, Turn right onto the MN-55 S ramp, Merge onto Hiawatha Ave/MN-55 E, Turn right at 38th St E, Turn left at 28th Ave S, Turn right at E Minnehaha Pkwy

Hours

Dawn to dusk

Miscellaneous

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