- 2237 Kennard Street, Maplewood, MN 55109
- As a child I entered the park at a trail entrance near Lark and Hazelwood. The park is very different from the 1980s. In the early 80’s, there was a single large trail that went from Hazelwood/Lark to County Road B. From Hazelwood, the start of the trail was a wooded area that remains in part today. There was an small offshoot to the pond. The main trail continued to a small break in the woods where the pond was visible. The trail then continued through another wooded area before opening into a large field. In the early 80’s there were large mounds of dirt that kids used for bike jumps. These mounds were close to the southern perimiter of the park.
- Ursa Major moving group (Wikipedia)
The Ursa Major Moving Group, also known as Collinder 285 and the Ursa Major association, is the closest stellar moving group – a set of stars with common velocities in space and thought to have a common origin in space and time. In the case of the Ursa Major group, all the stars formed about 300 million years ago. Its core is located roughly 80 light years away and part of the Local Bubble. It is rich in bright stars including most of the stars of the Big Dipper.
