Nature reserve · Minnesota

Alces Wildlife Management Area

Alces Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Alces Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. The nearest named place is Florian Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.43834, -96.48859

9.8 mi off the Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway
16.3 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

92 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves54

Florian Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Florian Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
West Valley Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
Florian Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
Wright Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi

Parks24

Old Mill State Park: 6.4 mi
Florian Park: 7.1 mi
Newfolden Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
Newfolden City Park: 9.6 mi
Moose Park: 9.9 mi

Museums5

Cultural Heritage Center: 9.7 mi
Viking Farmer Museam: 15.6 mi
Marshall County Historical: 20.6 mi
Kittson County Historical Museum: 21.9 mi
Kittson County Historical Museum: 21.9 mi

Historic sites5

Anderson/Bagaas Burial: 10.6 mi
Veteran War Memorial: 14.9 mi
Holt Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
Memorial Monument: 21.8 mi
Survivor's Flower Bed: 23.7 mi

Artworks2

Goose Capitol of Minnesota Sculpture: 14.8 mi
Minn-Dak Mural: 20.9 mi

Ghost towns2

Pelan: 14.8 mi
Radium: 15.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:57	19:39
June solstice	05:25	20:42	21:32
September equinox	07:13	18:45	19:26
December solstice	08:16	15:39	16:34

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	5	10	24	41	54	64	68	67	58	44	27	13
Precip in	0.7	0.6	0.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.0	1.0	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Argyle, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656050

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