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Bass Brook Wildlife Management Area

Bass Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bass Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 392 m. Big Thunder Peak stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Portage Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Edge of the Wilderness passes 3.0 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.24529, -93.59776

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Portage Park: 0.6 mi
  • Pokegama Dam Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Tioga Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • American Legion Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Blandin Beach Park: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Tioga Beach and Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Tioga Pit Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Blandin Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Hidden Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Zorbaz Beach: 6.0 mi
Museums: 4
  • Forest History Center: 1.9 mi
  • The Gilbert Mansion: 3.2 mi
  • Central School: 3.3 mi
  • Judy Garland Museum: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • MacRostie Art Center: 3.2 mi
  • Pink Elephant: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Big Thunder Peak: 9.3 mi
  • Quadna Mountain: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Beerbower Veterans Monument: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bass Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Thunder PeakSSW 204°534 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4719:27
June solstice05:1920:2721:15
September equinox07:0218:3419:14
December solstice07:5915:3516:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81226395362676657432814
Precip in0.80.71.11.83.14.64.23.43.12.51.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pokegama DAM, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/31655864

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