Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
Attractions near Rockville
Places to visit around Rockville, from Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
A day out from Rockville leads to Kensington Runestone, 59 mi away. The town has no place on our list of its own; 2 are within 40 miles. On the list: a museum and a garden, among others.
Attractions nearby
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within 60 miles
The big one
59 mi
Kensington Runestone
National park units
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parks & monuments
Landmark · 59 mi northwest
Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The map view
The list reaches out to Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens, 10 mi away.
Orange: Rockville. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every entry
The list runs to 15 places, all within 60 miles.
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3Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
National Park Service area in the United States.
4University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
1,137-acre (4.60 km2) horticultural garden and arboretum.
5Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
HMML is a museum and manuscript library located in Collegeville, Minnesota that holds one of the world’s largest archives of manuscript photographs in both microfilm and digital format.
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11Springbrook Nature Center
Park and nature reserve located in Fridley, Minnesota.
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Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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Photo credits
Kensington Runestone: Book author: George T. Flom, Public domain · Lake Minnetonka: Dan, CC BY 2.0 · Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: NPS/Gordon Dietzman, Public domain · University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum: SEWilco, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, CC BY 3.0 · Theodore Wirth Park: Unknown, Public domain · Runestone Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens: Kirs10, Public domain · Mille Lacs Indian Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bohanon Park: Caleb Musselman (Calebcharles at en.wikipedia), Public domain · Golden Valley History Museum: MidwestMoss, CC0
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