Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
Attractions near Zion Township
A day out from Zion Township: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, 17 mi away
For a trip from Zion Township, Kensington Runestone is 45 mi away. All of it lies outside: 2 places within 40 miles, none inside Zion Township. There are a museum and a garden to choose from.
Attractions nearby
6
within 60 miles
The big one
45 mi
Kensington Runestone
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Landmark · 45 mi northwest
Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
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What’s around Zion Township
Furthest from the centre is Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens, 27 mi away.
Orange: Zion Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every place to visit
Everything here is within 60 miles, 6 places in all.
2Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
National Park Service area in the United States.
3Hill 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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6Swensson Farm Museum
Historic farmstead located in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Zion Township → · Zion Township’s history →
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Photo credits
Kensington Runestone: Book author: George T. Flom, Public domain · Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: NPS/Gordon Dietzman, Public domain · Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, CC BY 3.0 · Runestone Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens: Kirs10, Public domain · Swensson Farm Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0
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