Nature reserve · Minnesota

Emily State Forest

Emily State Forest from directly overhead

Emily State Forest is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 394 m. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off. 78 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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Coordinates46.72252, -93.91635

11.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
9.5 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

78 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves37

Duck Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Birchdale Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Upper Dean Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Upper Dean Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Lower Dean Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi

Parks24

City Park: 2.0 mi
Milford Mine Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 15.8 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 16.2 mi
Mahnomen North Trailhead: 16.2 mi

Historic sites5

VFW Tank: 16.0 mi
Veterans Memorial: 16.6 mi
Miler Castle: 22.2 mi
Miller Castle: 22.2 mi
Beerbower Veterans Monument: 23.8 mi

Museums4

Northern MN Railroad Heritage Association: 9.7 mi
Northern Pacific Depot: 16.5 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 16.6 mi
Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum: 17.5 mi

Artworks2

Serpent Lake: 16.9 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 17.2 mi

Attractions2

Dam: 22.8 mi
Historic caboose: 23.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Manganese: 14.2 mi

Gardens1

Dru's Garden: 20.5 mi

Peaks1

Quadna Mountain: 22.8 mi

Beaches1

Hill lake Beach: 24.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:23	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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1123445638

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