Nature reserve · Minnesota

Copeland Wildlife Management Area

Copeland Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Copeland Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. The nearest named place is Meyer Prairie WPA, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Otter Trail Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.11979, -96.22960

13.3 mi off the Otter Trail Scenic Byway
12.6 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Meyer Prairie WPA: 0.9 mi
Grant Coyour Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
West Township County Gravel Pit Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
Rabbit River WPA: 1.6 mi
Doran Wildlife Management Area, Yaggie Tract Unit: 1.8 mi

Parks49

Lighning Lake Park: 7.1 mi
Campbell City Park: 8.7 mi
Roy Johnson Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
Foxhome City Park: 11.6 mi
Kennedy Park Nature Area: 12.4 mi

Museums17

Otter Tail County Historical Society: 13.0 mi
Otter Cove Children's Museum: 13.5 mi
Grant County Historical Museum: 15.0 mi
Adelsman Building: 15.5 mi
The Steam Room: 15.5 mi

Artworks6

A Point in Time: 13.3 mi
George B. Whight Statue: 13.3 mi
Otto the Otter: 13.5 mi
Angel of Hope Statue: 13.5 mi
Joe Whitford Statue: 13.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Pomme de Terre: 13.6 mi
Childs: 15.1 mi

Rest areas2

Co Hwy 88 Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Hansel Lake Rest Area: 14.7 mi

Historic sites2

Broken Down Dam: 15.4 mi
Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary: 20.5 mi

Beaches1

Pebble Lake Swimming Beach: 12.8 mi

Attractions1

Corn Maze: 14.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:58	19:38
June solstice	05:34	20:34	21:21
September equinox	07:13	18:45	19:24
December solstice	08:05	15:52	16:42

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	9	13	27	42	56	66	71	68	60	45	30	16
Precip in	1.3	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.9	4.4	3.3	2.9	3.0	2.4	1.0	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fergus Falls, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657786

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