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Bayport Wildlife Management Area

Bayport Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bayport Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Melander Hill stands 330 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Brekke Park, a park 0.3 miles away. St. Croix Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.02470, -92.81433

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brekke Park: 0.3 mi
  • Swager Park: 0.6 mi
  • Linear Park: 0.7 mi
  • Valley View Park: 0.7 mi
  • Anez Ridge Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • River Bench: 4.6 mi
  • Roaming Stone: 5.4 mi
  • Tug of War: 8.3 mi
  • Snowman: 8.7 mi
  • White Bear Center for the Arts: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 59
Museums: 42
Attractions: 34
  • Avalon: 2.0 mi
  • Jubilee II: 2.0 mi
  • Empress: 2.1 mi
  • Anastasia: 2.1 mi
  • Showboat: 2.1 mi
Beaches: 24
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fairy Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Willow Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Phalen Regional Park Waterfall: 12.2 mi
  • Hamm’s Memorial Waterfalls: 16.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 19.0 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Coons Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Bissel's Mound: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Hellen: 8.4 mi
  • Melander Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Starks Mound: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • St Croix Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • West Picnic Grounds: 17.0 mi
  • Wabun C: 20.5 mi
  • Wabun A: 20.5 mi
  • Wabun B: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Sand Castles: 13.5 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 16.2 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 16.3 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 16.4 mi
  • Robinson's Rocks: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3
  • White Worm Springs: 13.1 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Melander HillSSE 154°330 m13.0 mi
Dills MoundS 170°320 m17.2 mi
Starks MoundSSE 168°310 m15.1 mi
Bissel's MoundS 188°307 m7.1 mi
Norwegian HillW 270°293.522 m20.9 mi
Coons HillSE 134°268 m5.0 mi
Peaslee PeakNNE 14°229 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2520:1721:02
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4715:4416:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182335496171757365523724
Precip in1.00.91.53.14.25.44.55.33.23.21.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stillwater 1 SE, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655850

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