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Stay Cool on the Fourth of July Weekend

With 80-degree temperatures in the forecast, these pools and ice cream parlors should help refresh you.

If the warm temperatures this week are getting the best of you, head to these north and west metro places to cool off.

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Hopkins

  • Cold Stone Creamery

  • Dairy Queen, Mainstreet

  • DQ Grill and Chill, Blake Road

  • Lake Minnetonka

    • Where to swim is a given: the lake

  • Ben & Jerry's, Wayzata

  • The Cottagewood Store, Excelsior

  • Culver's Family Restaurant, Shoreline Drive, Wayzata

  • Dairy Queen, Shoreline Drive, Wayzata

  • Licks Unlimited, Excelsior

  • Dairy Queen, Eden Prairie Road

  • Dairy Queen, Minnetonka Boulevard

  • Dairy Queen, Ridgedale Mall

  • Plymouth

  • Cone Brothers Ice Cream Cafe

  • Dairy Queen, Lyndale Avenue South

  • Dairy Queen, East 66th Street

  • DQ Grill and Chill, West 66th Street

  • Shakopee

    Note: This is not a comprehensive list of cool-off spots in north and west metro Patch towns. Instead, it is a sampling of places you can go for ice cream and a dip in a pool. If your favorite place isn’t listed, tell us in the comments.


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