Nature reserve · Minnesota

Dawson Wildlife Management Area

Dawson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Dawson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. The nearest named place is Riverside Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.91324, -96.01441

9.4 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
8.9 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Riverside Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
Sioux Indian Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
Ten-Well Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Michaelson Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
Lundy Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi

Parks9

Dawson Veterans Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
J Harley Smith Park: 14.2 mi
Windom Park: 14.5 mi
Chinhinta Park: 14.7 mi
Larson Park: 14.9 mi

Museums7

Lac qui Parle County Museum: 11.0 mi
Arv Hus Museum: 14.6 mi
Swensson Farm Museum: 20.8 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 24.2 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 24.6 mi

Attractions3

Gnome Park: 2.2 mi
Boyd House: 7.0 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 24.7 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 15.4 mi

Peaks1

Mount Wickham: 17.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:58	19:37
June solstice	05:38	20:30	21:15
September equinox	07:12	18:45	19:23
December solstice	08:00	15:57	16:46

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	17	29	44	58	68	72	69	61	47	32	18
Precip in	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.4	3.2	3.8	3.6	3.3	2.6	2.5	1.1	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Wwtp, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657878

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