Nature reserve · Minnesota

Clouster Lake Wildlife Management Area

Clouster Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Clouster Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 3.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 32 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.90235, -94.12135

32.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
22.8 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Veterans Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
Central Square Park: 4.1 mi
Barrett Park: 5.3 mi
Hainlin Park: 5.3 mi
Southview Park: 5.4 mi

Nature reserves

Halva Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
Gravel Pit 2749 Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
Gravel Pit 1748 Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
Grass Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
Grass Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi

Gardens47

Monarch Waystation: 8.6 mi
Monarch Waystation: 8.6 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 8.6 mi
Prairie: 24.4 mi
Paririe Garden: 24.5 mi

Artworks26

Chief Little Crow: 12.2 mi
Prairie Garden;Disc Spiral: 24.5 mi
Night Wind Sign: 24.7 mi
Night Gesture: 24.7 mi
Sud III: 24.7 mi

Historic sites14

Glencoe Fort: 9.1 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
Dustin Wayside Historic Site: 11.3 mi
Tank: 11.9 mi

Museums9

Cokato Museum: 12.4 mi
Wheel and Cog: 12.8 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 13.5 mi
Depot Museum: 15.6 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 15.6 mi

Ghost towns5

Heatwole: 14.4 mi
Lake Addie: 14.8 mi
Dickinson: 21.2 mi
Fernando: 23.9 mi
San Francisco: 24.9 mi

Attractions4

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 19.5 mi
Apple Jack Orchard: 21.2 mi
Arboretum Apple House: 23.9 mi
Minnesota Pioneer Park: 24.4 mi

Beaches3

Lake Rebecca: 21.7 mi
Sandy Beach: 24.6 mi
Casco Point Beach: 24.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Covered pavillion: 17.5 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 18.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:50	19:29
June solstice	05:31	20:22	21:07
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:52	15:50	16:39

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	13	18	32	46	59	69	73	70	63	48	33	20
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.0	4.5	3.9	4.8	3.0	2.5	1.5	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hutchinson 1 N, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657991

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