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Monarch Waystation

Monarch Waystation from directly overhead

Monarch Waystation is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Great River Road passes 40 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes
Fee: No

Getting there

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Coordinates44.77994, -94.15457

40.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
17.6 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Horsehoe Park: 0.3 mi
Horsehoe Park: 0.3 mi
Hennepin Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
Lincoln Park: 0.9 mi
Glenn Knoll Park: 0.9 mi

Nature reserves

Crow Wing River II Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
Proehl's Woods Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
McLeod Pheasants Forever Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
Bob Gehlen Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
Bob Gehlen Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi

Historic sites13

Glencoe Fort: 0.5 mi
Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
Tank: 13.0 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 13.0 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 12.9 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 14.2 mi
Cokato Museum: 20.5 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 21.1 mi
Depot Museum: 22.2 mi

Ghost towns4

Lake Addie: 10.4 mi
Heatwole: 12.6 mi
Fernando: 17.3 mi
San Francisco: 22.9 mi

Gardens3

Monarch Waystation: 0.0 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 0.0 mi
Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 21.1 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 13.2 mi

Picnic sites1

Covered pavillion: 20.9 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 24.1 mi

Attractions1

Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 24.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:29
June solstice	05:32	20:22	21:07
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:52	15:51	16:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	12	16	29	44	57	68	71	69	61	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.3	5.2	3.5	4.4	3.2	2.6	1.3	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownton Wwtp, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Mourning Dove1 obs
Barn Swallow1 obs
Painted Turtle1 obs
Groundhog1 obs
dame's rocket1 obs
Widow Skimmer1 obs
Asian Lady Beetle1 obs
Two-spotted Bumble Bee1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1300992987

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