Nature reserve · Minnesota

Benton Wildlife Management Area

Benton Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Benton Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. The nearest named place is Wisneski Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 8.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.79237, -94.09740

8.1 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Benton Beach Park: 4.5 mi
St. Regis Park: 5.6 mi
Westside Park: 6.8 mi
Bend in the River Park: 7.1 mi
Buckman City Ballpark: 7.2 mi

Nature reserves35

Wisneski Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Graham Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit: 3.5 mi
Graham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 4.0 mi
Sartell Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Rice Area Sportsmens Club Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi

Museums7

Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 16.2 mi
Rail Legacy Museum: 17.2 mi
Stearns History Museum: 17.7 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 18.0 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 18.4 mi

Historic sites5

Veterans Memorial: 16.5 mi
Dennis M. Thayer: 16.6 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 16.6 mi
Stone Gate: 20.1 mi
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 24.5 mi

Attractions4

NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 16.3 mi
Stoney Brook Farms: 16.7 mi
Maple Sugar Shack: 19.8 mi
Saint John's Pottery Studio: 20.6 mi

Rest areas4

Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 18.0 mi
Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 22.5 mi
Rum River Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 22.8 mi

Beaches2

Saint John's Beach: 20.5 mi
Avon Beach: 21.3 mi

Artworks1

SCSU Logo: 17.2 mi

Picnic sites1

Quarry 20 picnic area: 19.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:29
June solstice	05:27	20:25	21:11
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:55	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	10	14	28	41	55	65	69	67	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.6	3.5	4.6	4.1	4.0	3.1	2.7	1.5	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rice, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655784

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