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The Metropolitan Area

updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

St. Louis Park is located immediately west of Minneapolis; we're part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area which includes Minneapolis, St. Paul and suburbs. To learn more about things to do in Minneapolis and St. Paul, click on their convention and visitors' bureau sites: www.minneapolis.org. or www.stpaulcvb.org.

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Location

updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Excelsior & GrandSt. 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.

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Land Facts

updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

General Information

  • 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
  • Hannan 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

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Streets

updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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...

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Land Use in the Park

updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

 

Land Use Table

      
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      

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Weather

updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Normal Daily Temperatures - Twin Cities Average Snowfall in the Twin Cities

Normal Snowfall - Twin Cities   Inches of Snow (Average)  
January   13.5  
February   8.2  
March   10.4  
April   3.1  
October   0.6  
November   10.0  
December   10.0  

 

Month   High Average Temp.(F) Low Average Temp. (F)
January   21.9 4.3
February   28.4 11.8
March   40.6 23.5
 April   57.0 36.2
May   70.1 48.5
June   79.0 57.8
July   83.3 63.0
August   80.4 60.8
September   71.1 50.8
October   58.4 38.9
November   40.1 24.8
December   26.4 10.9

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