Nature reserve · Minnesota

Big Rock Wildlife Management Area

Big Rock Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Big Rock Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. The nearest named place is St. Leo Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.76226, -96.05844

6.7 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
19.5 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

St. Leo Wildlife Management Area: 1.0 mi
St. Leo Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
Kaibab Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
Miller Richter Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Lanners Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi

Parks17

Dawson Veterans Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
Oraas Park: 13.2 mi
Legion Park: 18.8 mi
Vermeersch Memorial Park: 19.3 mi
J Harley Smith Park: 20.6 mi

Museums5

Lac qui Parle County Museum: 18.2 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 22.0 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 22.0 mi
Swensson Farm Museum: 24.2 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 24.6 mi

Attractions3

Boyd House: 9.8 mi
Gnome Park: 12.0 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 22.1 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 10.9 mi

Peaks1

Mount Wickham: 20.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:58	19:37
June solstice	05:39	20:29	21:14
September equinox	07:12	18:45	19:24
December solstice	07:59	15:58	16:47

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	14	19	30	44	57	68	72	70	62	48	33	20
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.5	2.8	3.4	4.1	3.3	3.4	2.8	2.4	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canby, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657683

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