Nature reserve · Minnesota
Crow Wing State Park
Crow Wing State Park is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. The nearest named place is Old Crow Wing, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.6 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates46.28075, -94.34159
- 1.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.2 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National
119 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 54
- South Dale: 4.7 mi
- Oscar Kristofferson Park: 5.3 mi
- Whipple Beach Recreational Area: 5.7 mi
- Linn Park: 6.5 mi
- Berrywood Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Museums: 7
- Crow Wing County Historical Society and Museum: 8.3 mi
- WonderTrek Children's Museum: 9.6 mi
- Minnesota Military Museum: 13.8 mi
- Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 13.8 mi
- Minnesota Fishing Museum: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 6
- Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 7.7 mi
- G101 & Giving Garden: 7.7 mi
- Secret Garden: 7.8 mi
- Gazebo Garden: 7.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 4
- Paul Bunyan Statue: 1.8 mi
- Serpent Lake: 23.0 mi
- Giant Walleye: 24.7 mi
- Deerwood Deer Statue: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Old Crow Wing: 0.3 mi
- Philbrook: 17.9 mi
- Manganese: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Picnic Area 5: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 11.4 mi
- Shafer Lake Day Use Area: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Miller Castle: 14.5 mi
- Miler Castle: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:50 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:27 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:43 | 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 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 30 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brainerd, 8 mi away.
- purple prairie clover30 obs
- common milkweed17 obs
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel17 obs
- Jack pine14 obs
- black-eyed Susan14 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee14 obs
- great mullein13 obs
- American hophornbeam12 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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