Nature reserve · Minnesota

Gravel Pit 3950 Wildlife Management Area

Gravel Pit 3950 Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Gravel Pit 3950 Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 3.4 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates45.76530, -96.54301

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Reservation Dam Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Diamond Game Production Area: 7.4 mi
Upper Lake Traverse State Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
Bois De Sioux Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
Lawrence WPA: 11.1 mi

Parks25

City Park: 3.4 mi
Falk Park: 4.0 mi
City Park: 6.5 mi
Dumont City Park: 6.7 mi
Graceville Wayside Park: 14.4 mi

Historic sites4

Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary: 11.8 mi
Mile 8 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker: 14.6 mi
Samuel J Brown State Monument: 18.6 mi
Mile 14 North Dakota South Dakota boundary marker: 18.8 mi

Museums2

Sam Brown Log Cabin: 18.5 mi
Clinton Depot: 21.7 mi

Beaches2

North Beach: 21.6 mi
South Beach: 21.9 mi

Rest areas1

Glacial Lakes Rest Area: 18.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Childs: 20.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:59	19:39
June solstice	05:37	20:34	21:20
September equinox	07:14	18:46	19:26
December solstice	08:05	15:55	16:45

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	11	16	29	44	58	68	72	70	62	47	32	18
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.8	4.2	3.5	2.7	2.9	2.3	1.1	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wheaton, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657215

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