Nature reserve · Minnesota

Clawson Wildlife Management Area

Clawson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Clawson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. The nearest named place is Lisbon Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.86861, -95.70990

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Lisbon Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Christopherson Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Spartan Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
Siyo Waste Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
Sween Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi

Parks12

Wegdahl County Park: 3.4 mi
Chinhinta Park: 5.0 mi
Larson Park: 5.4 mi
J Harley Smith Park: 5.5 mi
Windom Park: 6.0 mi

Museums7

Swensson Farm Museum: 5.8 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 9.2 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 9.8 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 11.0 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 12.9 mi

Attractions3

Boyd House: 9.5 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 13.0 mi
Gnome Park: 17.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:57	19:35
June solstice	05:37	20:28	21:13
September equinox	07:11	18:44	19:22
December solstice	07:58	15:56	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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31658027

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