Nature reserve · Minnesota

BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit

BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit from directly overhead

BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. The nearest named place is BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.62380, -93.77287

19.2 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Lion's Park: 7.0 mi
Foreston Park: 8.1 mi
Rainbow Park: 9.1 mi
Mark Park: 9.7 mi
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Wayside: 9.9 mi

Nature reserves50

BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 0.8 mi
Bibles Slough Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
Glendorado Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit: 2.9 mi
Glendorado Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 3.1 mi
Collner Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi

Historic sites6

Dennis M. Thayer: 18.9 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 19.5 mi
Veterans Memorial: 22.0 mi
Veteran's Memorial: 22.2 mi
MS-90 Nike Missile Launch Site (historic): 24.0 mi

Museums4

Sherburne History Center's Museum and Sand Burr Gift Shop: 15.6 mi
Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 19.0 mi
Stearns History Museum: 21.4 mi
Rail Legacy Museum: 22.0 mi

Attractions3

Stoney Brook Farms: 8.0 mi
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 21.5 mi
Sherburne County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi

Rest areas2

Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 16.8 mi
Rum River Rest Area: 21.4 mi

Artworks1

SCSU Logo: 19.1 mi

Picnic sites1

Quarry 20 picnic area: 23.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:27	20:23	21:09
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:53	15:45	16:35

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	13	18	30	44	57	66	70	68	60	47	32	19
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.8	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.1	2.9	2.7	1.6	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santiago 3 E, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655748

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