Nature reserve · Minnesota

Assumption Wildlife Management Area

Assumption Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Assumption Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. The nearest named place is Faxon Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 4.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 36 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates44.69126, -93.88082

36.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
4.2 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Faxon Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Revanche Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
Clark Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
Schneewind Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
Vale Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi

Parks

Hamburg Bicentennial Park: 5.0 mi
Hawks Park: 5.2 mi
NYA Legion Park: 5.6 mi
South Park: 5.7 mi
NYA Sports Complex: 5.8 mi

Attractions

Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 10.1 mi
Cartwheel Cove: 14.3 mi
King's Gate: 14.4 mi
Queen's Gate: 14.4 mi
Treetop Round: 14.4 mi

Gardens56

Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 11.1 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 14.7 mi
Monarch Waystation: 14.8 mi
Monarch Waystation: 14.8 mi
Spruce: 17.0 mi

Artworks30

Prairie Garden;Disc Spiral: 17.1 mi
Confluence: 17.2 mi
Night Wind Sign: 17.2 mi
Blütenmotiv: 17.2 mi
Epidauros II: 17.2 mi

Historic sites19

Memorial Helicopter: 7.7 mi
Fire Department Memorial: 12.3 mi
Jab's Farm: 13.2 mi
Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
Ehmiller Place: 14.2 mi

Beaches18

Sand Creek Reservoir Swimming Area: 12.5 mi
Clayhole Beach: 15.2 mi
Lake Ann Beach: 20.0 mi
Crescent Beach: 20.4 mi
Casco Point Beach: 20.7 mi

Museums14

S. B. Strait House: 9.3 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 11.4 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 15.7 mi
W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 15.9 mi
Gopher State Railway Museum: 16.5 mi

Picnic sites3

Covered pavillion: 15.5 mi
North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 21.9 mi
Picnic Point Pavilion: 22.3 mi

Ghost towns2

San Francisco: 8.8 mi
Lake Addie: 24.6 mi

Springs1

Boiling Springs: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:28
June solstice	05:31	20:20	21:05
September equinox	07:03	18:36	19:15
December solstice	07:50	15:50	16:38

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	44	57	67	71	68	61	48	33	20
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.8	4.5	5.1	3.8	5.2	3.2	2.7	1.6	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan 1ssw, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656157

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