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Gennessee Wildlife Management Area

Gennessee Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Gennessee Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Mount Tom stands 419 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Butternut Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates45.07366, -94.78140

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Big Kandiyohi Lake County Park East: 7.9 mi
  • Thompson Park: 9.9 mi
  • Cosmos Park: 10.4 mi
  • Ladybird Park: 11.5 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 5
  • Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • Chief Little Crow: 20.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 23.2 mi
  • Hutchinson Brothers: 23.8 mi
  • Tank: 23.8 mi
Peaks: 4
  • King's Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Badger Hill: 21.0 mi
  • Mount Tom: 21.3 mi
  • Little Mt. Tom: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
  • World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 18.2 mi
  • A maze'n Farmyard: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNW 325°419 m21.3 mi
Little Mt. TomNW 325°408 m21.3 mi
Badger HillNW 324°405 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5319:32
June solstice05:3320:2521:10
September equinox07:0718:4019:19
December solstice07:5515:5216:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101427435666716860453017
Precip in0.80.81.52.63.74.63.84.13.02.61.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657478

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