Nature reserve · Minnesota

Church Wildlife Management Area

Church Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Church Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. The nearest named place is Flinks Slough Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.82934, -95.87945

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Flinks Slough Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Stoney Run Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Stoney Run Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Siyo Waste Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
Tyro Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi

Parks12

Oraas Park: 10.4 mi
Dawson Veterans Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
J Harley Smith Park: 11.0 mi
Chinhinta Park: 11.1 mi
Larson Park: 11.5 mi

Museums8

Swensson Farm Museum: 14.5 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 15.8 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 15.8 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 16.4 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 16.7 mi

Attractions3

Boyd House: 1.8 mi
Gnome Park: 11.0 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 15.9 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 19.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:57	19:36
June solstice	05:38	20:29	21:14
September equinox	07:11	18:44	19:23
December solstice	07:59	15:57	16:46

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31658021

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