Cass Gilbert Memorial Park — Attraction in Saint Paul

Cass Gilbert Memorial Park is named for Zanesville, OH native and longtime Saint Paul resident who was architect of notable structures including the Minnesota State Capitol building, the United State Supreme Courthouse, the Woolworth Building. The park is small in size but offers grand views of the city of Saint Paul including downtown, the Minnesota State Capitol and Cathedral of Saint Paul, and the Mississippi River valley. A tree-shaded walkway leads to an overlook to take in the full view, and a grassy plateau is a grand place to linger or picnic. Some sections of the park, including the souther slope were prescribe burned and planted with native prairie plants. Public parking is available in the adjoining State of Minnesota parking lot Q at no cost during evenings...

This park had a great view of the city. There is an overlook area you can walk onto that gives an unobstructed view. It seemed like a nice and quiet park. There was nobody parked there one day while the next had a nearly full parking lot, so it may be hard to park at times. When we went, there was someone hanging out in the park that was clearly on drugs, but I'm not sure if that is an isolated incident or the norm for...

The only park in the Twin Cities with a city view. If it had a giant black Noguchi marble donut sculpture you could pretend to be in Seattle! “Black Hole Sun,...