Nature reserve · Minnesota

Arlington Wildlife Management Area

Arlington Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Arlington Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60406, -94.12458

10.1 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
49.5 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Overlook · 27 mi
Former Dam Site · 27 mi
Overlook · 27 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
Drew Park: 10.7 mi
Buffalo Creek County Park: 11.1 mi
Lincoln Park: 11.4 mi
Welcome Park: 11.4 mi

Nature reserves

Boerner Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Altnow Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Oak Isle Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Severance Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Proehl's Woods Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi

Historic sites8

Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
Glencoe Fort: 11.9 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
Memorial Helicopter: 17.6 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 23.2 mi

Museums8

Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 11.8 mi
W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 14.2 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 14.3 mi
Treaty Site History Center Museum: 19.6 mi
E. St. Julien Cox House: 20.4 mi

Gardens4

Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 11.9 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 12.2 mi
Monarch Waystation: 12.2 mi
Monarch Waystation: 12.2 mi

Ghost towns4

Fernando: 16.7 mi
Lake Addie: 16.9 mi
Heatwole: 20.9 mi
San Francisco: 21.7 mi

Artworks2

Sesquicentennial Statue: 20.8 mi
Chief Little Crow: 23.5 mi

Attractions1

Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 21.6 mi

Beaches1

Sand Creek Reservoir Swimming Area: 24.6 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	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:51	15:51	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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656127

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