Nature reserve · Minnesota

Daak Wildlife Management Area

Daak Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Daak Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. The nearest named place is Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.82907, -94.52126

27.7 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves60

Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
Prieve Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
Boon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi

Parks

Driftriders Park: 5.8 mi
Roberts Park: 7.1 mi
McLeod County Fairgrounds: 7.4 mi
Junior Community Women Park: 7.4 mi
Old Fellow's Park: 7.5 mi

Museums9

McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 7.6 mi
Wheel and Cog: 7.7 mi
Twine Ball Museum: 19.3 mi
Depot Museum: 20.1 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 20.6 mi

Historic sites8

Hutchinson Brothers: 8.6 mi
Tank: 8.9 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
Chief Little Crow: 12.9 mi
Glencoe Fort: 18.1 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 18.3 mi
Monarch Waystation: 18.3 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 18.3 mi
Anderson Gardens: 19.4 mi

Ghost towns3

Heatwole: 6.0 mi
Lake Addie: 8.4 mi
Fernando: 12.6 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 8.7 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 19.2 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 19.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:33	20:23	21:08
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:17
December solstice	07:53	15:52	16:40

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	13	18	32	46	59	69	73	70	63	48	33	20
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.0	4.5	3.9	4.8	3.0	2.5	1.5	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hutchinson 1 N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657770

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