Nature reserve · Minnesota

Altnow Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Altnow Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Altnow Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. The nearest named place is Arlington Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60641, -94.18447

13.1 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
51.6 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Overlook · 25 mi
Overlook · 26 mi
Former Dam Site · 26 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Arlington Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Boerner Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
Severance Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Proehl's Woods Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Oak Isle Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi

Parks

Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
Winthrop City Park: 9.9 mi
Drew Park: 10.7 mi
Lincoln Park: 11.2 mi
Hennepin Pocket Park: 11.5 mi

Museums10

Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 14.5 mi
W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 16.6 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 16.7 mi
Wheel and Cog: 21.0 mi
Treaty Site History Center Museum: 21.2 mi

Historic sites8

Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
Glencoe Fort: 11.7 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 15.9 mi
Memorial Helicopter: 20.5 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 21.7 mi

Attractions6

German Park: 24.2 mi
Glockenspiel: 24.2 mi
Kiesling Park & House: 24.3 mi
John Lind House: 24.5 mi
Wanda Gag House: 24.5 mi

Gardens4

Helping Hands Garden: 12.1 mi
Monarch Waystation: 12.1 mi
Monarch Waystation: 12.1 mi
Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 14.7 mi

Ghost towns4

Fernando: 13.8 mi
Lake Addie: 14.8 mi
Heatwole: 19.0 mi
San Francisco: 24.5 mi

Artworks4

Chief Little Crow: 22.0 mi
Sesquicentennial Statue: 22.2 mi
Art Wall Park: 24.0 mi
Markplatz Mall Arch: 24.3 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	20:21	21:06
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:51	15:52	16:40

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	14	18	30	45	58	69	73	70	62	48	33	20

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gaylord, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656068

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