Nature reserve · Minnesota

Gabriel Anderson Wildlife Management Area

Gabriel Anderson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Gabriel Anderson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. The nearest named place is Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.62665, -95.70921

13.1 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
25.7 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Sham Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi

Parks28

Oraas Park: 6.5 mi
Legion Park: 11.8 mi
Vermeersch Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
ADM & SMSU Environmental Learning Area: 12.2 mi
Justice Park: 12.3 mi

Museums7

Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 6.3 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 6.3 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 11.4 mi
Lyon County Museum: 12.9 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 14.6 mi

Artworks3

The Mustang Statue: 12.3 mi
Mrs. Whitney Statue: 12.7 mi
Civil War Statue: 12.9 mi

Attractions2

Minnesota Machinery Museum: 6.3 mi
Boyd House: 18.1 mi

Gardens2

Garden Courtyard: 12.1 mi
Central Courtyard: 12.2 mi

Historic sites2

Veteran's Memorial: 16.4 mi
Our Lady of Victory: 18.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Vicksburg: 23.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:57	19:35
June solstice	05:38	20:28	21:12
September equinox	07:11	18:44	19:22
December solstice	07:57	15:58	16:46

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	14	18	30	45	58	69	73	70	62	48	33	20
Precip in	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8	3.7	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.1	2.3	1.3	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marshall, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657431

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