Nature reserve · Minnesota

Dalton Johnson Wildlife Management Area

Dalton Johnson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Dalton Johnson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. The nearest named place is Thompson Park, a park 5.1 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates44.93375, -94.82343

16.9 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway
26.2 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Thompson Park: 5.1 mi
Cosmos Park: 6.3 mi
Big Kandiyohi Lake County Park East: 6.9 mi
Sunrise Park: 11.7 mi
Lions Park: 11.9 mi

Nature reserves46

Rodewald Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 7.3 mi
Rodewald Wildlife Management Area, East Unit: 7.4 mi
Wieker Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Gennessee Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
Hen Haven Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi

Museums9

Atwater Area Historical Society and Museum: 14.3 mi
Schwanke's Museum: 15.6 mi
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum: 16.9 mi
Meeker County Historical Society Museum: 19.8 mi
Meeker County Historical Society Museum: 19.8 mi

Historic sites4

Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 19.0 mi
Chief Little Crow: 22.0 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 22.4 mi
Tank: 22.6 mi

Gardens2

Pumpkin Palooza: 14.5 mi
Anderson Gardens: 18.9 mi

Ghost towns2

Heatwole: 21.9 mi
Lake Addie: 24.9 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 22.3 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 23.1 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 24.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:53	19:32
June solstice	05:34	20:25	21:10
September equinox	07:07	18:40	19:19
December solstice	07:55	15:53	16:41

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	12	16	29	44	57	67	71	68	60	46	31	18
Precip in	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.5	3.3	4.9	3.3	3.7	2.9	2.2	1.3	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olivia 3E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657854

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