ABOUT ST. LOUIS PARK
Land & Climate
Location
St. Louis Park is a first ring suburb located immediately west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other cities bordering St. Louis Park are: Golden Valley and Minnetonka (west) and Hopkins and Edina (south).
St. Louis Park is located in Hennepin County.
Land facts
- Total square miles - 10.67
- Land devoted to parks/open space - 750 acres
- Overall residential density - 4,100 persons per square mile
St. Louis Park has two distinct landscape regions -
- The area north of Minnetonka Boulevard is generally characterized by rolling uplands with intermittent ponds and wetlands.
- The area south of Minnetonka Boulevard has nearly level to gently rolling topography with intermittent ponds and wetlands.
Minnehaha Creek meanders through St. Louis Park along its southwestern and southern boundaries. In addition, St. Louis Park has a number of small lakes/ponds including
- Westwood Lake
- Bass Lake
- Hannon Lake
- Meadowbrook Lake
- Cobble Crest Lake
- Cedar Manor Lake
- Victoria Lake
- Twin Lakes
The topographic variation within St. Louis Park is about 130 feet.
- Highest point - Westwood Hills Environmental Education Center
- Lowest area - Bass Lake basin
Land Use
- Single family residential - 33.67 percent
- Street right-of-way - 22.10 percent
- Parks - 11.47 percent
- Commercial - 5.65 percent
- Apartments - 4.39 percent
- Golf courses - 4.23 percent
- Office - 2.54 percent
- Railroad - 2.27 percent
- Vacant - 2.10 percent
- Schools - 1.71 percent
- Townhomes - 1.49 percent
- Hospital & medical - 0.84 percent
- Religious institutions - 0.69 percent
- Duplexes - 0.64 percent
- Community centers - 0.46 percent
- Nursing homes - 0.33 percent
- Other civic uses - 0.32 percent
Streets
St. Louis Park's streets are a combination of a grid pattern and a curvilinear
system. The east side of the city was organized around a grid of streets, streetcar
lines and railroads. The western portion of the city was developed later and features
a curvilinear system.
In 1933, Carol W. Hurd (who became mayor in 1952) headed a committee to rename St. Louis Park's then erratically named streets. The committee decided on a system of alphabetical north/south streets and numbered east/west streets. The second alphabet uses names from states and Canadian provinces; the third alphabet commemorates historic or patriotic names.
- The "first alphabet" runs from France Avenue west to Zarthan Avenue
- The "second alphabet" runs west from Alabama Avenue to Zinran Avenue
- The "third alphabet runs from Aquila to St. Louis Park's border with the City of Minnetonka.
| Weather Normal Daily Temperatures - Twin Cities |
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Month January February March April May June July August September October November December |
High 20.7 26.6 39.2 56.5 69.4 78.8 84.0 80.7 70.7 58.8 41.0 25.5 |
Low 2.8 9.2 22.7 36.2 47.6 57.6 63.1 60.3 50.3 38.8 25.2 10.2 |
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Normal Snowfall - Twin Cities January February March April October November December |
Inches of Snow 11.1 8.6 11.2 3.2 0.6 7.8 9.8 |
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For more weather information, visit the Minnesota Climatology’s Working Group’s web site at www.climate.umn.edu. | ||
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