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Chisholm Valley Wildlife Management Area

Chisholm Valley Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Chisholm Valley Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Sugar Loaf stands 370 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferndale Ridge Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.75633, -91.68306

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North End City Park: 5.3 mi
  • Beaver Creek Valley State Park: 9.1 mi
  • North Park: 12.2 mi
  • Marshall Park: 12.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Museums: 24
Peaks: 15
  • Cushings Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Black Hammer Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Sugar Loaf: 19.0 mi
  • Trempealeau Mountain: 20.5 mi
  • Brady's Bluff: 20.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Schechs Mill: 8.0 mi
  • Preston Veteran's Memorial: 20.6 mi
  • Monster Bash Inc: 21.5 mi
  • World's Largest Six-Pack: 21.7 mi
  • La Crosse Queen: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • USCGC Winona: 19.7 mi
  • Fillmore County WWI Memorial Entrance: 20.5 mi
  • Rattler Cairn: 20.9 mi
  • Mississippi River Parkway: First Project: 21.3 mi
  • Losey Memorial Arch: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 4
  • Whispering Hills Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Highway 76 Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Little Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Riverside International Friendship Garden: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafN 8°370 m19.0 mi
Miller BluffENE 78°343 m23.9 mi
Hedgehog BluffE 84°309 m24.0 mi
Grandad BluffE 80°308 m23.9 mi
Cliffwood BluffE 82°279 m23.8 mi
Brady's BluffNNE 29°158 m20.8 mi
Perrot RidgeNNE 30°155 m21.1 mi
Chicken Breast BluffNNE 33°145 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4119:19
June solstice05:2620:0920:53
September equinox06:5518:2819:06
December solstice07:3815:4616:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151931455667716861483522
Precip in1.11.11.83.94.65.74.34.74.02.81.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rushford, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657940

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