Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
Attractions near St. Joseph Township
4 mi from St. Joseph Township, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library leads the list
St. Joseph Township has 15 notable places within 60 miles, among them 1 national park unit. If you have a day, head to Kensington Runestone, 56 mi away.
Attractions nearby
15
within 60 miles
The big one
56 mi
Kensington Runestone
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Landmark · 56 mi northwest
Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where each one is
Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens, 9 mi away, is the farthest on the map.
Orange: St. Joseph Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All of them, one by one
Everything here is within 60 miles, 15 places in all.
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3Mille Lacs Lake
Lake in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States of America.
5Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
National Park Service area in the United States.
6University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
1,137-acre (4.60 km2) horticultural garden and arboretum.
7Hill 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.
Northland Arboretum
Non-profit arboretum and nature reserve in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in St. Joseph Township → · St. Joseph Township’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Kensington Runestone: Book author: George T. Flom, Public domain · Lake Minnetonka: Dan, CC BY 2.0 · Mille Lacs Lake: Dougtone, CC BY-SA 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 · Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens: Kirs10, Public domain · Runestone Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kenney Lake Overlook: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mille Lacs Indian Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
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