Nature reserve · Minnesota

Halva Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Halva Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Halva Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. The nearest named place is Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 37 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates44.88004, -94.26118

36.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
26.2 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
McLeod Pheasants Forever Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
Crow Wing River II Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
Phasianus Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi

Parks

Veterans Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
The Biscay Park: 3.7 mi
Kimberly Park: 4.3 mi
Tartan Park: 4.8 mi
East River Park: 4.9 mi

Historic sites10

All Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
Tank: 5.2 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 5.3 mi
Glencoe Fort: 8.8 mi
Chief Little Crow: 9.3 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 5.8 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 6.7 mi
Cokato Museum: 13.9 mi
Depot Museum: 14.1 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 14.4 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 8.7 mi
Monarch Waystation: 8.7 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 8.7 mi
Anderson Gardens: 20.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Heatwole: 7.5 mi
Lake Addie: 8.8 mi
Fernando: 18.5 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 5.4 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 15.7 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 16.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Covered pavillion: 24.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:30
June solstice	05:32	20:22	21:08
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:53	15:51	16:39

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	13	18	32	46	59	69	73	70	63	48	33	20
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.0	4.5	3.9	4.8	3.0	2.5	1.5	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hutchinson 1 N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656289

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