Nature reserve · Minnesota

Clarke WPA

Clarke WPA from directly overhead

Clarke WPA is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 362 m. The nearest named place is Timber Doodle Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.73011, -95.95139

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Timber Doodle Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
Polk Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
Poplar River WPA: 2.6 mi
Beito WPA: 2.7 mi
Hanson WPA: 3.3 mi

Parks39

Red Lake County Fair Motor Madness Park: 6.1 mi
Lion's Park: 6.3 mi
Brooks City Park: 6.5 mi
South Park: 7.2 mi
Roholt Park: 7.4 mi

Artworks6

Erskin Walley Sculpture: 5.2 mi
Elk: 7.2 mi
ROAR!: 7.4 mi
worlds largest bluebird: 8.2 mi
Fosston City Mural (New): 14.1 mi

Historic sites6

Youth Memorial: 6.7 mi
Tank: 7.4 mi
Oklee Area Veterans' Memorial: 8.7 mi
Tank: 14.6 mi
Helicopter: 14.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Terrebonne: 11.0 mi
Kratka: 23.9 mi

Rest areas1

Oak Lake Rest Area: 5.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:56	19:37
June solstice	05:26	20:38	21:26
September equinox	07:11	18:43	19:24
December solstice	08:11	15:42	16:35

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	5	10	24	40	53	63	67	65	57	43	27	13
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	4.6	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.6	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fosston 1 E, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1462601037

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