Nature reserve · Minnesota

Christopherson Wildlife Management Area

Christopherson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Christopherson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. The nearest named place is Lisbon Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.85206, -95.76090

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Lisbon Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Siyo Waste Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
Clawson Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Stoney Run Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Stoney Run Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi

Parks13

Wegdahl County Park: 6.1 mi
Chinhinta Park: 6.5 mi
J Harley Smith Park: 6.7 mi
Larson Park: 6.9 mi
Windom Park: 7.3 mi

Museums8

Swensson Farm Museum: 8.5 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 11.1 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 11.6 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 12.2 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 13.0 mi

Attractions3

Boyd House: 6.9 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 13.1 mi
Gnome Park: 15.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:57	19:36
June solstice	05:38	20:28	21:14
September equinox	07:11	18:44	19:22
December solstice	07:58	15:57	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	12	16	29	44	57	67	71	69	61	47	31	18
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.9	2.5	3.7	4.4	3.8	4.0	3.0	2.5	1.6	0.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657930

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