Minnesota
Minnehaha Falls
5 mi from Minneapolis · ~10 min drive
52ft tall
≈ 16 m
≈ 16 m
Minnehaha Falls is a named waterfall in Minnesota — a 52-foot drop, about 5 miles from Minneapolis, MN. Full visit details below.
- State
- Minnesota
- Nearest city
- Minneapolis, MN · 5 mi · ~10 min drive
- Height
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Coordinates
- 44.9153°, -93.2110°
From Wikipedia: Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and home to Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek. Officially named Minnehaha Regional Park, it is part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board system and lies within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service. The park was designed by landscape architect Horace W.S. Cleveland in 1883 as part of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway system, and was part of the popular steamboat Upper Mississippi River "Fashionable Tour" in the 1800s. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Minnehaha Falls
The exact location is at 44.9153°, -93.2110° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Minneapolis, MN — 5 miles away (~10 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Minnehaha Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.