Nature reserve · Minnesota

Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area

Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. The nearest named place is Holdingford Lions Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 5.1 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.76117, -94.44343

5.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
24.5 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Holdingford Lions Park: 2.9 mi
Doesn't Matter Park: 2.9 mi
Bowlus Park: 4.6 mi
Two Rivers Lake County Park: 6.9 mi
Upsala City Park: 6.9 mi

Nature reserves45

McDougall Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
Michaelson Farm Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
Michaelson Farm Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
Sponsa Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt Wildlife Management Area, South Unit: 11.1 mi

Museums10

Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 13.6 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 15.3 mi
Rail Legacy Museum: 17.7 mi
Melrose Area Museum: 18.6 mi
Stearns History Museum: 18.8 mi

Historic sites5

Stone Gate: 12.7 mi
Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 19.5 mi
Dennis M. Thayer: 20.1 mi
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 23.3 mi

Rest areas3

Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 11.0 mi
Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 11.1 mi
Central Minnesota Rest Area & Travel Information Center: 23.1 mi

Attractions3

Saint John's Pottery Studio: 12.7 mi
Maple Sugar Shack: 12.9 mi
NASA Apolo Trainging Capsule: 17.3 mi

Beaches2

Avon Beach: 10.4 mi
Saint John's Beach: 12.8 mi

Peaks2

Eagle Mountain: 12.2 mi
The Mound: 12.3 mi

Picnic sites1

Quarry 20 picnic area: 18.5 mi

Artworks1

SCSU Logo: 20.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:51	19:30
June solstice	05:29	20:26	21:12
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:17
December solstice	07:57	15:47	16:37

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	10	14	28	41	55	65	69	67	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.6	3.5	4.6	4.1	4.0	3.1	2.7	1.5	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rice, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656306

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