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Dye Wildlife Management Area

Dye Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Dye Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Oldenburg Point stands 292 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Johnson Memorial Park, a park 5.7 miles away. Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive passes 5.0 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.46472, -92.58021

74 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Robert Johnson Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
  • Barnum City Park: 5.9 mi
  • Jackie Berger Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
  • Moose Lake State Park: 8.1 mi
  • Kerrick Park: 8.7 mi
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Culkin Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • General Andrews Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • Veterans Evergreen Memorial: 17.4 mi
  • Kettle River Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Oldenburg Point: 16.8 mi
  • Elys Peak: 21.5 mi
  • Bardon Peak: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Veteran's Monument: 18.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Little Manitou Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Big Manitou Falls: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Opa's Picnic: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wrenshall deer statue: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Spirit Mountain Adventure Park: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dye Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oldenburg PointNE 42°292 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:1820:2121:07
September equinox06:5818:3019:10
December solstice07:5215:3516:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101528415363696759453017
Precip in0.80.91.42.63.44.84.83.73.23.11.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moose Lake 1 SSE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657057

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