Nature reserve · Minnesota

Birchdale Wildlife Management Area

Birchdale Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Birchdale Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 388 m. The nearest named place is Duck Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.73018, -93.84752

11.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
12.8 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves42

Duck Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
Emily State Forest: 3.3 mi
Upper Dean Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
Upper Dean Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 7.7 mi

Parks22

City Park: 5.1 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 14.5 mi
Milford Mine Memorial Park: 14.6 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 14.8 mi
Aitkin City Park: 15.3 mi

Historic sites8

VFW Tank: 14.6 mi
Veterans Memorial: 15.3 mi
Beerbower Veterans Monument: 21.4 mi
Miler Castle: 24.7 mi
Miller Castle: 24.7 mi

Museums4

Northern MN Railroad Heritage Association: 12.9 mi
Northern Pacific Depot: 15.2 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 17.7 mi
Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum: 20.8 mi

Artworks2

Deerwood Deer Statue: 17.9 mi
Serpent Lake: 18.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Manganese: 16.0 mi

Peaks1

Quadna Mountain: 20.3 mi

Beaches1

Hill lake Beach: 21.9 mi

Gardens1

Dru's Garden: 23.7 mi

Rest areas1

Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 24.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:22	20:26	21:14
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:58	15:39	16:31

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	9	14	27	41	55	65	70	68	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.1	3.7	4.5	4.3	3.2	2.8	2.9	1.4	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine RVR DAM, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657670

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