Nature reserve · Minnesota

Graham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit

Graham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit from directly overhead

Graham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. The nearest named place is Graham Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.81406, -94.02114

11.9 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Gilman Park: 6.3 mi
Buckman City Ballpark: 6.7 mi
Family Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
Benton Beach Park: 8.3 mi
St. Regis Park: 9.3 mi

Nature reserves38

Graham Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit: 0.7 mi
Benton Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Wisneski Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
Coon Lake Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
Rice Area Sportsmens Club Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi

Museums7

Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame Museum: 18.6 mi
Rail Legacy Museum: 20.0 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 20.2 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 20.4 mi
Stearns History Museum: 20.4 mi

Attractions4

Stoney Brook Farms: 16.7 mi
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 19.2 mi
Maple Sugar Shack: 23.5 mi
Saint John's Pottery Studio: 24.3 mi

Historic sites4

Dennis M. Thayer: 18.9 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 19.1 mi
Veterans Memorial: 19.4 mi
Stone Gate: 23.7 mi

Rest areas2

Rum River Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 19.8 mi

Artworks1

SCSU Logo: 19.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Quarry 20 picnic area: 21.9 mi

Beaches1

Saint John's Beach: 24.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:49	19:29
June solstice	05:27	20:24	21:10
September equinox	07:04	18:36	19:16
December solstice	07:55	15:45	16:35

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	10	14	28	41	55	65	69	67	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.6	3.5	4.6	4.1	4.0	3.1	2.7	1.5	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rice, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657183

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