Nature reserve · Minnesota

Brandsvold Wildlife Management Area

Brandsvold Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Brandsvold Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 392 m. The nearest named place is Hill River Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.65130, -95.74924

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Hill River Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
Vaa WPA: 3.2 mi
Hill River WPA: 4.5 mi
Halverson WPA: 4.8 mi
Turtle Lake WPA: 4.8 mi

Parks36

Larson Park: 4.9 mi
Melland Baseball Park: 5.3 mi
Cross Lake-Tilberg County Park: 5.5 mi
Melland Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
Roholt Park: 6.4 mi

Artworks6

Fosston City Mural (old): 5.2 mi
Fosston City Mural (New): 5.2 mi
ROAR!: 6.4 mi
Elk: 6.5 mi
Erskin Walley Sculpture: 12.2 mi

Historic sites6

Tank: 5.5 mi
Helicopter: 5.5 mi
Tank: 6.4 mi
Oklee Area Veterans' Memorial: 13.9 mi
Youth Memorial: 16.8 mi

Rest areas1

Oak Lake Rest Area: 10.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Terrebonne: 21.8 mi

Museums1

Clearwater County History Center: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:55	19:36
June solstice	05:26	20:37	21:25
September equinox	07:10	18:42	19:23
December solstice	08:09	15:41	16:34

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	5	10	24	40	53	63	67	65	57	43	27	13
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	4.6	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.6	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fosston 1 E, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657701

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