Ghost town · Minnesota

Philbrook

Philbrook from directly overhead

Philbrook is a ghost town in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 381 m. Mount Nebo stands 460 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Phillbrook Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 18 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles.

human settlement in Todd County, Minnesota, United States of America

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Coordinates46.28330, -94.71690

17.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
29.3 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

84 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves36

Phillbrook Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 3.1 mi
Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Northeast Unit: 3.7 mi
Staples Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Kobliska Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 6.6 mi

Parks29

Veteran's Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
Sylvan Shores Community Park: 5.1 mi
Orville's Landing: 8.5 mi
McGivern Park: 9.8 mi
Old Wadena Park: 10.9 mi

Museums5

Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 22.1 mi
Todd County Museum: 22.4 mi
Christie House Museum: 22.5 mi
Minnesota Military Museum: 22.6 mi
Wadena County Historical Society: 22.8 mi

Gardens5

Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 23.9 mi
G101 & Giving Garden: 23.9 mi
Secret Garden: 24.0 mi
Memorial Garden: 24.0 mi
Gazebo Garden: 24.1 mi

Picnic sites3

Ghost towns2

Old Crow Wing: 18.1 mi
Leaf River: 22.4 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans' Memorial: 15.4 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 19.0 mi

Artworks1

Paul Bunyan Statue: 19.1 mi

Peaks1

Mount Nebo: 19.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Philbrook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Nebo	WNW 285°	460 m	19.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:28	20:29	21:15
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:18
December solstice	08:00	15:45	16:36

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	8	13	26	41	55	65	70	68	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.4	4.1	4.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.0	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gull Lake DAM, 19 mi away.

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