Nature reserve · Minnesota

Coon Lake Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Coon Lake Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Coon Lake Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. The nearest named place is Buckman City Ballpark, a park 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.88535, -94.10148

11.5 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Buckman City Ballpark: 0.8 mi
Family Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
Genola City Ball Park: 4.5 mi
Genola Park and Campground: 5.0 mi
Billig Park: 6.3 mi

Nature reserves39

Rice Area Sportsmens Club Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
Crane Meadows Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
Graham Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit: 5.7 mi
Rice-Skunk Wildlife Management Area, Skunk Lake East Unit: 6.0 mi
Graham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 6.3 mi

Museums7

Minnesota Fishing Museum: 14.5 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 14.7 mi
Minnesota Military Museum: 17.9 mi
Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 18.3 mi
Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 22.5 mi

Attractions3

NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 22.4 mi
Stoney Brook Farms: 22.6 mi
Maple Sugar Shack: 24.8 mi

Historic sites3

Veterans Memorial: 22.5 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 22.9 mi
Dennis M. Thayer: 22.9 mi

Rest areas2

Rum River Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 24.4 mi

Artworks1

SCSU Logo: 23.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Area 6: 23.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:29
June solstice	05:27	20:25	21:11
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:56	15:45	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	10	14	28	41	55	65	69	67	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.6	3.5	4.6	4.1	4.0	3.1	2.7	1.5	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rice, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657999

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