Is Cottage Grove safe? United States travel risk
Is Cottage Grove safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Cottage Grove scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Cottage Grove scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Cottage Grove: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 44.8161° N, 92.9274° W in Minnesota, Cottage Grove features an altitude of 248 m. The settlement is located 1,469.0 km ESE from Washington.
Minnesota
44.8161° N, 92.9274° W
248 m
America/Chicago
40,124
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: June (111 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -5° | -2° | 5° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 23° | 15° | 4° | -3° |
| Low °C | -13° | -11° | -5° | 3° | 10° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 14° | 7° | -2° | -11° |
| Rain mm | 28 | 29 | 54 | 83 | 99 | 111 | 86 | 92 | 99 | 61 | 57 | 33 |
Normals: Minneapolis (31.4 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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