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Eden Prairie, Minnesota

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Minneapolis. It is located about 12 miles [19 km] to the northeast of Eden Prairie and has a population of 382,618 people.<1>

The next largest community is Saint Paul. It is located about 18 miles [28 km] to the east of Eden Prairie and has a population of 287,151 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Apple Valley   SE14 mi [22.53 km]50,0049.83% increase
 Blaine   NE25 mi [40.23 km]55,04222.47% increase
 Bloomington   E7 mi [11.27 km]81,2804.57% decrease
 Brooklyn Park   N18 mi [28.97 km]71,3085.82% increase
 Burnsville   SE10 mi [16.09 km]59,1391.8% decrease
 Coon Rapids   N23 mi [37.01 km]61,8320.37% increase
 Eagan   E14 mi [22.53 km]63,9850.67% increase
 Edina   NE5 mi [8.05 km]45,6083.83% decrease
 Lakeville   SE15 mi [24.14 km]54,54226.47% increase
 Maple Grove   N17 mi [27.36 km]61,54222.19% increase
 Maplewood   NE24 mi [38.62 km]36,0873.26% increase
 Minnetonka   N5 mi [8.05 km]50,0812.38% decrease
 Plymouth   N12 mi [19.31 km]71,4868.49% increase
 Saint Louis Park   NE8 mi [12.87 km]45,4653.03% increase
 Woodbury   E26 mi [41.84 km]56,12820.8% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Chanhassen   W5 mi [8.05 km]23,48015.55% increase
 Chaska   W7 mi [11.27 km]24,11638.21% increase
 Deephaven   NW6 mi [9.66 km]3,7752.02% decrease
 Excelsior   NW6 mi [9.66 km]2,2914.26% decrease
 Greenwood   NW6 mi [9.66 km]81211.39% increase
 Hopkins   NE5 mi [8.05 km]16,9611.07% decrease
 Minnetonka Beach   NW8 mi [12.87 km]5933.42% decrease
 Prior Lake   S8 mi [12.87 km]23,83649.75% increase
 Richfield   E8 mi [12.87 km]32,7284.97% decrease
 Savage   SE8 mi [12.87 km]27,69231.15% increase
 Shakopee   S5 mi [8.05 km]33,45562.66% increase
 Shorewood   NW7 mi [11.27 km]7,4260.35% increase
 Tonka Bay   NW7 mi [11.27 km]1,5450.13% decrease
 Wayzata   N8 mi [12.87 km]3,8845.57% decrease
 Woodland   N7 mi [11.27 km]4692.29% decrease

Hennepin County

Eden Prairie is located in Hennepin County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hennepin: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne and Wright.

While not sharing a border with Hennepin, the following counties are close to Eden Prairie: Washington, Rice and Le Sueur.

Below are counties that are near Eden Prairie (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Eden Prairie:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Eden Prairie
 Anoka County   NEColumbia Heights17 miles [27 km]
 Carver County   NWCarver Beach4 miles [6 km]
 Dakota County   SEPort Cargill7 miles [11 km]
 Goodhue County   SEStanton33 miles [53 km]
 Le Sueur County   SWUnion Hill23 miles [37 km]
 McLeod County   WLester Prairie28 miles [45 km]
 Ramsey County   NEFalcon Heights16 miles [25 km]
 Rice County   SWebster22 miles [35 km]
 Scott County   SEBarden4 miles [6 km]
 Sherburne County   NLake Orono Estates32 miles [51 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Eden Prairie. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Eden Prairie:

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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Eden Prairie.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Eden Prairie and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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