Nature reserve · Minnesota

Baker's Lake Wildlife Management Area

Baker's Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Baker's Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.68217, -94.34304

21.9 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
50.6 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Overlook · 27 mi
Overlook · 27 mi
Former Dam Site · 28 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Baker's Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
Deutsch Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Deutsch Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
Spiering Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
Kohl's Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi

Parks

Winthrop City Park: 9.5 mi
The Biscay Park: 10.5 mi
Glenn Knoll Park: 10.6 mi
Lincoln Park: 10.9 mi
Drew Park: 11.1 mi

Historic sites8

All Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
Glencoe Fort: 11.0 mi
Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 14.6 mi
Tank: 14.7 mi

Ghost towns4

Fernando: 6.0 mi
Lake Addie: 6.7 mi
Heatwole: 10.9 mi
West Newton: 24.0 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 11.5 mi
Monarch Waystation: 11.5 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 11.5 mi
Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 23.9 mi

Museums4

Wheel and Cog: 13.5 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 14.9 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 23.8 mi
Harkin Store: 24.0 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 14.8 mi

Picnic sites1

Creek Picnic Area: 24.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:30
June solstice	05:33	20:22	21:07
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:17
December solstice	07:52	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	12	16	29	44	57	68	71	69	61	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.3	5.2	3.5	4.4	3.2	2.6	1.3	1.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655992

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