Nature reserve · Minnesota

Hartford Wildlife Management Area

Hartford Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hartford Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 396 m. The nearest named place is Sheets Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 20 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates46.05937, -94.77745

19.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
23.8 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

103 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves54

Sheets Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Turtle Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, South Unit: 6.3 mi
Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, North Unit: 7.1 mi
Little Elk Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi

Parks37

Browerville Public Park: 4.5 mi
Browerville Sports Complex: 5.1 mi
Locke Circle Park: 7.2 mi
Sylvan Shores Community Park: 10.8 mi
Swanville City Park: 12.1 mi

Museums6

Todd County Museum: 7.1 mi
Christie House Museum: 7.2 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 20.0 mi
Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 20.2 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 20.2 mi

Peaks2

The Mound: 16.3 mi
Eagle Mountain: 16.8 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans' Memorial: 9.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Philbrook: 15.7 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Area 6: 16.8 mi

Artworks1

Clock: 22.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:52	19:32
June solstice	05:29	20:28	21:15
September equinox	07:07	18:39	19:19
December solstice	07:59	15:46	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	9	13	26	40	53	64	68	66	57	44	29	15
Precip in	1.0	0.9	1.5	2.7	3.5	4.6	4.6	3.4	3.3	2.9	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Prairie, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656253

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