Nature reserve · Minnesota

Gravel Pit 2749 Wildlife Management Area

Gravel Pit 2749 Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Gravel Pit 2749 Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. The nearest named place is Gravel Pit 1748 Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 32 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates44.84807, -93.97112

32.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
15.9 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Gravel Pit 1748 Wildlife Management Area: 0.1 mi
Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
Schneewind Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi

Parks

Central Square Park: 4.2 mi
Meadow Park: 4.5 mi
Old Schoolhouse Park: 4.8 mi
Friendship Park: 5.3 mi
Wilkommen Park: 5.3 mi

Gardens53

Helping Hands Garden: 10.1 mi
Monarch Waystation: 10.1 mi
Monarch Waystation: 10.1 mi
Weeping Trees: 16.9 mi
Prairie: 16.9 mi

Artworks32

Prairie Garden;Disc Spiral: 17.0 mi
Night Wind Sign: 17.2 mi
Night Gesture: 17.2 mi
Epidauros II: 17.2 mi
Stone Arch: 17.2 mi

Historic sites24

Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 9.6 mi
Glencoe Fort: 10.6 mi
Missile: 11.6 mi
MS-70 Nike Missile Launch Site (historic): 11.8 mi
MS-70 Nike Missile Control Site (historic): 12.1 mi

Museums17

Berens Cabin: 17.3 mi
S. B. Strait House: 18.4 mi
Cokato Museum: 19.0 mi
Wheel and Cog: 20.1 mi
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Museum: 20.1 mi

Beaches17

Casco Point Beach: 18.1 mi
Clayhole Beach: 18.4 mi
Sandy Beach: 18.5 mi
Crescent Beach: 18.6 mi
Lydiard Beach: 18.8 mi

Attractions15

Arboretum Apple House: 16.5 mi
Queen's Gate: 19.4 mi
Narrow Market: 19.5 mi
Cartwheel Cove: 19.5 mi
Apple Jack Orchard: 19.5 mi

Ghost towns4

San Francisco: 16.8 mi
Lake Addie: 20.0 mi
Dickinson: 20.2 mi
Heatwole: 21.0 mi

Picnic sites2

Covered pavillion: 10.8 mi
North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 21.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:28
June solstice	05:31	20:21	21:06
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:15
December solstice	07:51	15:50	16:38

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	17	30	44	58	68	72	70	61	48	33	20

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Delano, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657203

More nature reserves in Minnesota

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More nature reserves

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Gravel Pit 2749 Wildlife Management Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.