Nature reserve · Minnesota

Collner Creek Wildlife Management Area

Collner Creek Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Collner Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 335 m. The nearest named place is Foreston Park, a park 4.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.70458, -93.78473

20.1 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Foreston Park: 4.2 mi
Lion's Park: 6.8 mi
Recreation Park: 6.9 mi
Recreation Park: 7.0 mi
Riverview Park: 7.1 mi

Nature reserves45

BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit: 5.6 mi
BenLacs Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 6.3 mi
Bibles Slough Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
Glendorado Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit: 8.4 mi
Glendorado Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 8.7 mi

Museums4

Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 20.5 mi
Sherburne History Center's Museum and Sand Burr Gift Shop: 20.7 mi
Stearns History Museum: 22.9 mi
Rail Legacy Museum: 23.3 mi

Historic sites3

Dennis M. Thayer: 20.5 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 21.0 mi
Veterans Memorial: 23.0 mi

Attractions2

Stoney Brook Farms: 10.9 mi
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 22.6 mi

Rest areas2

Rum River Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 19.1 mi

Artworks1

SCSU Logo: 20.9 mi

Picnic sites1

Quarry 20 picnic area: 24.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:26	20:23	21:09
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:54	15:44	16:34

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	11	15	28	42	55	65	69	67	58	45	30	18
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.8	4.3	4.4	4.0	3.2	2.8	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milaca, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31658009

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