Nature reserve · Minnesota

Gage Wildlife Management Area

Gage Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Gage Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. The nearest named place is Good Thunder City Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.03469, -94.09611

8.2 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
71.6 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

South Overlook · 8 mi
North Overlook · 9 mi
Former Dam Site · 25 mi
Overlook · 26 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Good Thunder City Park: 2.4 mi
Schimek Park: 2.7 mi
Thunder Valley Park: 2.7 mi
Rapidan Dam County Park: 4.3 mi
Red Jacket Trail Park: 6.3 mi

Nature reserves

Saiki Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
Hog Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Maple River Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
Maple River Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
O A Vee Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi

Historic sites14

Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 9.2 mi
Alumni Arch and Plaza: 9.2 mi
Dakota 38 Memorial: 10.3 mi
U.S.-Dakota War Historic Marker: 10.3 mi

Museums13

Conkling Art Center: 9.2 mi
Betsy-Tacy Society: 9.5 mi
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota: 9.7 mi
Blue Earth County Heritage Center Museum: 9.8 mi
Hubbard House: 9.9 mi

Artworks9

Mni Mural: 10.3 mi
Mni Mural: 10.3 mi
Buffalo: 10.3 mi
Winter Warrior: 10.3 mi
Major General Doyle E. Larson: 16.1 mi

Waterfalls7

Bigger Manitou Falls: 4.9 mi
Triple Falls: 5.8 mi
Upper Minneopa Falls: 7.9 mi
Lower Minneopa Falls: 7.9 mi
Minnemishinona Falls: 9.4 mi

Gardens4

Betty Todd Troost Memorial Garden: 8.7 mi
Heart and Soil Community Garden: 9.3 mi
Shellee's Greenhouse: 16.5 mi
Janesville Community Gardens: 20.3 mi

Beaches2

Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 11.1 mi
Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 11.3 mi

Attractions1

Voyager Valley Teepee: 20.5 mi

Rest areas1

Watonwan Rest Area: 21.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:51	19:29
June solstice	05:34	20:19	21:04
September equinox	07:04	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:49	15:54	16:42

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	15	19	31	45	58	68	72	70	62	49	34	21
Precip in	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.3	4.2	5.6	4.3	4.3	3.3	2.4	1.6	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mankato, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657462

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