Nature reserve · Minnesota

Cannon Wildlife Management Area

Cannon Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Cannon Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. The nearest named place is South Unit, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 40 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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Coordinates48.88332, -96.66508

14.6 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
20.2 mi off the Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway

Around it

40 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves18

South Unit: 1.3 mi
Main Unit: 4.2 mi
Main North Unit: 5.3 mi
North Unit: 10.8 mi
Beaches Lake Wildlife Management Area, North West Unit: 11.0 mi

Parks15

Lancaster City Park: 5.8 mi
Lancaster Gazebo Park: 6.5 mi
Lake Bronson City Park: 10.1 mi
River Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
Lake Bronson State Park: 11.3 mi

Museums3

Kittson County Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
Kittson County Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
Cultural Heritage Center: 22.2 mi

Historic sites2

Memorial Monument: 10.5 mi
Survivor's Flower Bed: 20.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Pelan: 20.7 mi

Artworks1

Minn-Dak Mural: 23.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:58	19:39
June solstice	05:24	20:45	21:35
September equinox	07:14	18:45	19:27
December solstice	08:18	15:37	16:33

Local time (America/Winnipeg).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	5	9	24	40	55	65	68	67	57	43	26	12
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.5	2.6	2.6	1.9	0.9	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hallock, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657487

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