Nature reserve · Minnesota

Emerald Wildlife Management Area

Emerald Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Emerald Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 545 m. The nearest named place is Muskrat Junction Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.36705, -96.29577

0.7 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Smooth Sumac · 24 mi
Spotted Quarry · 24 mi
Lake Haiwatha · 24 mi
Exhibit Quarry · 25 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Muskrat Junction Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Two Sloughs Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Herschberger Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Collinson Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
Herschberger Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi

Parks37

Picnic Point County Park: 3.6 mi
Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
East Side Park: 6.9 mi
Legion Park: 7.0 mi
Hole in the Mountain County Park: 7.2 mi

Museums4

Heritage Center: 7.4 mi
Lincoln County Pioneer Museum: 11.7 mi
Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center: 24.5 mi
South Dakota Art Museum: 24.6 mi

Artworks2

HGC Eagle Carving: 12.5 mi
Brookings Arts Council Sculpture 94: 24.1 mi

Beaches1

Lake Hendricks Public Beach: 11.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Cazenovia: 21.0 mi

Historic sites1

Sundance Site: 24.1 mi

Waterfalls1

Winnewissa Falls: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:59	19:38
June solstice	05:42	20:29	21:14
September equinox	07:13	18:46	19:24
December solstice	07:59	16:01	16:49

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	28	42	55	65	70	68	60	46	31	18

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Astoria 4S, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656854

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