Nature reserve · Minnesota

Halls Lake Wildlife Management Area

Halls Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Halls Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 383 m. The nearest named place is Manchester city Park, a park 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 72 miles off. 126 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.69523, -93.49944

72.2 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

126 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves57

P.N. and G.M. Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
Magaksica Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
Manchester Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
Upper Twin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
Bear Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi

Parks50

Manchester city Park: 3.1 mi
Arrowhead Point County Park: 4.3 mi
South Edgewater Park: 5.9 mi
Wedgewood Park: 6.1 mi
Shoff Park: 6.2 mi

Museums7

Alden Community Museum: 4.2 mi
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum: 7.4 mi
Wells Depot Museum: 11.9 mi
Myrtle Museum: 19.1 mi
Kremer House Library & Museum: 19.5 mi

Historic sites6

Freeborn County Courthouse: 7.4 mi
Area Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota: 15.1 mi
Minnesota Welcomes You: 15.1 mi
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 19.0 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area: 11.0 mi
Iowa Welcome Center: 18.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Clayton: 18.7 mi
Homedahl: 22.2 mi

Beaches1

Albert Lea Beach: 7.2 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 10.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:49	19:26
June solstice	05:33	20:16	21:00
September equinox	07:02	18:35	19:13
December solstice	07:45	15:53	16:40

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	19	31	45	58	69	72	70	62	48	34	21
Precip in	0.9	0.9	1.9	3.7	4.9	5.4	4.8	4.3	3.7	2.6	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albert LEA 3SE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656356

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