Nature reserve · Minnesota

Boike Wildlife Management Area

Boike Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Boike Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. The nearest named place is Franko Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 5.9 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 101 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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Coordinates44.98623, -95.51232

9.8 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
24.5 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

101 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves57

Franko Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
Grace Marshes Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Sween Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
Grace Marshes Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
Numo Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi

Parks32

Hawk Creek Park: 6.3 mi
Wegdahl County Park: 9.4 mi
Larson Park: 10.2 mi
Chinhinta Park: 10.5 mi
Windom Park: 10.6 mi

Museums10

Swensson Farm Museum: 8.4 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 12.7 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 13.0 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 16.4 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 21.0 mi

Attractions2

Minnesota Machinery Museum: 21.0 mi
Boyd House: 21.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:56	19:35
June solstice	05:36	20:28	21:13
September equinox	07:10	18:43	19:21
December solstice	07:58	15:55	16:44

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	12	16	29	44	57	67	71	69	61	47	31	18
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.9	2.5	3.7	4.4	3.8	4.0	3.0	2.5	1.6	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montevideo 1SW, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657628

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