Nature reserve · Minnesota

Duck Lake Wildlife Management Area

Duck Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Duck Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 386 m. The nearest named place is Birchdale Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 14 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.75266, -93.87793

13.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
11.9 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

76 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves38

Birchdale Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
Emily State Forest: 2.8 mi
Upper Dean Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
Upper Dean Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 9.5 mi

Parks22

City Park: 4.0 mi
Milford Mine Memorial Park: 15.6 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 16.6 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 16.9 mi
Aitkin City Park: 17.3 mi

Historic sites5

VFW Tank: 16.7 mi
Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
Beerbower Veterans Monument: 21.0 mi
Miler Castle: 24.9 mi
Miller Castle: 25.0 mi

Museums4

Northern MN Railroad Heritage Association: 12.1 mi
Northern Pacific Depot: 17.3 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 18.9 mi
Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum: 19.8 mi

Artworks2

Serpent Lake: 19.2 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 19.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Manganese: 16.8 mi

Peaks1

Quadna Mountain: 20.0 mi

Beaches1

Hill lake Beach: 21.5 mi

Gardens1

Dru's Garden: 23.0 mi

Attractions1

Dam: 23.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:22	20:27	21:14
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:58	15:39	16:31

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	14	27	41	55	65	70	68	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.4	2.1	3.7	4.5	4.3	3.2	2.8	2.9	1.4	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine RVR DAM, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657072

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