Nature reserve · Minnesota

Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Burnham Creek Unit

Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Burnham Creek Unit from directly overhead

Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Burnham Creek Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. The nearest named place is Trail Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates47.66313, -96.34572

14.3 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Trail Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
Shypoke Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 2.2 mi
Thorson Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
Dugdale Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi

Parks54

Polk County Park: 7.9 mi
Mentor City Park: 9.8 mi
Veterans Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
Mentor Gateway Park: 9.9 mi
Roadside Park: 10.3 mi

Artworks5

worlds largest bluebird: 11.8 mi
Landing Eagle: 15.4 mi
Erskin Walley Sculpture: 15.6 mi
Elk: 21.5 mi
ROAR!: 21.6 mi

Historic sites3

Old Crossing Memorial Park Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
Youth Memorial: 18.9 mi
Tank: 21.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Terrebonne: 15.3 mi
Betcher: 19.7 mi

Museums1

Polk County Pioneer Museum: 13.6 mi

Rest areas1

Oak Lake Rest Area: 17.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:57	19:38
June solstice	05:28	20:39	21:28
September equinox	07:13	18:44	19:25
December solstice	08:12	15:44	16:37

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	6	10	24	41	54	65	69	67	58	44	27	14
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	4.5	3.6	3.5	2.8	2.1	0.9	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lake Falls, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657520

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