Northern Hills, Rochester MN

Northeast Rochester · about 7 min to Mayo Clinic downtown

About Northern Hills

Northern Hills is a northeast Rochester residential area east of North Broadway (U.S. 63), next to Churchill Elementary School.

Sources: OpenStreetMap

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Parks and schools nearby

Parks nearby

Northern Heights Park · 0.3 mi
Glendale Hills Park · 0.4 mi
Northern Slopes Park · 0.4 mi
Northern Heights Village Park · 0.6 mi
Riverview West Park · 0.6 mi

Rochester public schools nearby

Churchill Elementary School · 0.2 mi
Kellogg Middle School · 0.6 mi
Herbert Hoover Elementary School · 0.9 mi
Jefferson Elementary School · 0.9 mi

Nearest by distance, not necessarily the assigned school. Confirm with Rochester Public Schools’ Find Your School.

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Straight-line distances from the middle of the neighborhood. Park and school locations are from OpenStreetMap; the school list is checked against the Minnesota Department of Education’s list of Rochester Public Schools.

Commute to Mayo Clinic

Commute from Northern Hills

From	Downtown campus (Gonda)	Saint Marys campus
Northern Hills	7 min2.6 mi	9 min3.4 mi

Approximate driving times from the OSRM route planner (OpenStreetMap data), calculated 2026-10-02 for normal, light traffic, not rush hour. Downtown construction and winter weather can add time. Times are to the campus area, not to a specific ramp or door.

Bus and transit options

Rochester Public Transit (RPT) runs city bus routes, including park-and-ride express service from three lots to Saint Marys and downtown. Parking at the RPT park-and-ride lots is free and the regular fare is $2; Mayo Clinic employees show their Mayo ID for employer-sponsored fares (City of Rochester). Mayo’s staff commuting flyer names the lots as N. Broadway (CMX Chateau Theater), the Olmsted County Fairgrounds and 75th Street NW.
Link, a fare-free 2.8-mile bus rapid transit line linking the West Transit Village, Mayo Clinic campuses and downtown, is under construction. The city expects first rides in August 2027 (City of Rochester, Sept. 2026).

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