Nature reserve · Minnesota

Bois De Sioux Wildlife Management Area

Bois De Sioux Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bois De Sioux Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Devils Nest stands 345 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Lake Traverse State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.90215, -96.56536

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Upper Lake Traverse State Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
Hunters Paradise Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Gravel Pit 3950 Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
Reservation Dam Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
Victor State Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi

Parks21

Falk Park: 7.6 mi
City Park: 7.8 mi
Roy Johnson Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
City Park: 14.3 mi
Dumont City Park: 14.6 mi

Historic sites3

Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary: 2.3 mi
Mile 8 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker: 7.9 mi
Mile 14 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker: 13.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Childs: 11.4 mi

Rest areas1

Glacial Lakes Rest Area: 14.3 mi

Peaks1

Devils Nest: 17.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bois De Sioux Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Devils Nest	NW 304°	345 m	17.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:59	19:39
June solstice	05:37	20:35	21:21
September equinox	07:14	18:46	19:26
December solstice	08:06	15:54	16:45

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	43	57	67	71	69	60	46	31	17
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.1	2.3	2.9	4.1	3.7	2.4	2.6	2.4	1.0	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Rock DAM, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657630

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