Discovery Wildlife Management Area
Discovery Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 16 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 19.0 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Park: 1.4 mi
- Richmond Community Park: 1.7 mi
- Pioneer Park: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring Baseball Park: 2.6 mi
- Chain of Lakes County Park: 2.9 mi
- Legacy Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Kirschner Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Dustoff Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Roscoe Prairie Scientific and Natural Area: 9.9 mi
- Partners Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Cold Spring Area Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Paynesville Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
- Rail Legacy Museum: 14.4 mi
- Stearns History Museum: 14.8 mi
- Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 17.3 mi
- Stone Gate: 9.4 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 11.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Dennis M. Thayer: 17.3 mi
- Saint John's Pottery Studio: 8.9 mi
- Maple Sugar Shack: 9.5 mi
- A maze'n Farmyard: 11.6 mi
- NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 15.1 mi
- Minnesota Pioneer Park: 23.4 mi
- Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 9.4 mi
- Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 9.5 mi
- Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 19.5 mi
- Saint John's Beach: 9.0 mi
- Avon Beach: 10.1 mi
- Mt Aral: 11.8 mi
- Hurrle Peak: 15.2 mi
- Quarry 20 picnic area: 12.9 mi
- SCSU Logo: 17.1 mi
- Anderson Gardens: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Discovery Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Aral | SE 135° | 421 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hurrle Peak | ESE 111° | 370 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:48 | 16:38 |
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 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 32 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Collegeville ST John's, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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