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Frellsen Lake Wildlife Management Area

Frellsen Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Frellsen Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 508 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Glanders Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 6.2 miles off. 76 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

Coordinates47.19305, -95.38640

Overlooks nearby

76 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 3.2 mi
  • Long Lake Park: 7.2 mi
  • Itasca State Park: 8.2 mi
  • City Park: 8.6 mi
  • Little Elbow Lake Park: 10.3 mi
Museums: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Height of Land Lookout: 6.1 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Toad Mountain: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Council Ring: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Height of Land LookoutWNW 296°611 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5419:34
June solstice05:2620:3421:22
September equinox07:0918:4119:21
December solstice08:0615:4316:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F61124395262676556422714
Precip in0.80.71.22.03.24.63.53.23.12.91.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657415

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