Nature reserve · Minnesota

Alvarado Wildlife Management Area

Alvarado Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Alvarado Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. The nearest named place is Alvarado Lions Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.16407, -96.98297

9.9 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Alvarado Lions Park: 1.9 mi
Oslo City Park: 7.1 mi
City Park: 9.6 mi
Warren City Park: 10.5 mi
Ray Ronan Park: 11.1 mi

Museums6

Marshall County Historical: 10.6 mi
Northern Lights Railroad Museum: 15.2 mi
Heritage Village: 15.2 mi
Leonard Hall Geology Museum: 17.3 mi
ND Art Museum: 17.4 mi

Nature reserves6

Red River of the North Wildlife Management Area: 18.3 mi
Red River of the North Wildlife Management Area: 19.2 mi
Pembina Wildlife Management Area: 22.5 mi
Pembina Wildlife Management Area: 23.3 mi
Belgium Wildlife Management Area: 23.4 mi

Historic sites4

Flood Memorial: 16.6 mi
Zavoral Monument: 18.1 mi
AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque: 18.8 mi
Anderson/Bagaas Burial: 22.7 mi

Artworks3

Sitting Bull: 16.8 mi
Eternal Flame: 17.4 mi
Warrior of the North: 23.5 mi

Rest areas2

Alexander Henry Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Fisher's Landing Travel Information Center and Rest Area: 22.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Radium: 17.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Elks Park: 17.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:32	19:00	19:41
June solstice	05:28	20:44	21:33
September equinox	07:15	18:47	19:28
December solstice	08:16	15:43	16:37

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	4	7	22	40	55	65	70	68	58	43	27	12

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warren WSD, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656075

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