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Crane Wildlife Management Area

Crane Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Crane Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. The nearest named place is Gully Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.88616, -95.71831

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Oklee Softball Fields: 7.0 mi
  • Omar Sundrud Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
  • Oklee City Park: 7.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
  • Gully City Park: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Elk: 19.1 mi
  • ROAR!: 19.1 mi
  • Erskin Walley Sculpture: 20.4 mi
  • Fosston City Mural (old): 21.4 mi
  • Fosston City Mural (New): 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Oklee Area Veterans' Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Youth Memorial: 14.4 mi
  • Tank: 19.1 mi
  • Tank: 21.7 mi
  • Helicopter: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Oak Lake Rest Area: 19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5519:36
June solstice05:2520:3821:26
September equinox07:1018:4219:23
December solstice08:1015:4016:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F51024405363676557432713
Precip in0.50.51.01.83.04.63.93.53.02.21.60.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fosston 1 E, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657814

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