Nature reserve · Minnesota

Hanson WPA

Hanson WPA from directly overhead

Hanson WPA is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 376 m. The nearest named place is Polk Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.68452, -95.93094

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks36

South Park: 3.9 mi
Roholt Park: 4.1 mi
Farmers Union Park: 7.5 mi
Red Lake County Fair Motor Madness Park: 8.7 mi
East Shore: 9.0 mi

Artworks6

Erskin Walley Sculpture: 3.9 mi
Elk: 4.0 mi
ROAR!: 4.2 mi
worlds largest bluebird: 7.7 mi
Fosston City Mural (New): 11.2 mi

Historic sites5

Tank: 4.2 mi
Youth Memorial: 9.9 mi
Oklee Area Veterans' Memorial: 11.2 mi
Tank: 11.7 mi
Helicopter: 11.7 mi

Rest areas1

Oak Lake Rest Area: 2.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Terrebonne: 13.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:56	19:36
June solstice	05:26	20:38	21:26
September equinox	07:11	18:43	19:23
December solstice	08:10	15:42	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	5	10	24	40	53	63	67	65	57	43	27	13
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	4.6	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.6	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fosston 1 E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1462601036

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