Nature reserve · Minnesota

Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area

Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. The nearest named place is All Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 40 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.83677, -94.28332

39.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
24.9 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

The Biscay Park: 0.8 mi
Elks Park: 4.8 mi
Kimberly Park: 5.0 mi
VFW Park: 5.0 mi
Tartan Park: 5.1 mi

Nature reserves

McLeod Pheasants Forever Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
Crow Wing River II Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Phasianus Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
Halva Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
Prairie Heritage Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi

Historic sites9

All Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
Tank: 5.6 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 5.7 mi
Glencoe Fort: 7.4 mi
Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 5.4 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 6.8 mi
Depot Museum: 17.0 mi
Cokato Museum: 17.1 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 17.3 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 7.4 mi
Monarch Waystation: 7.4 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 7.5 mi
Anderson Gardens: 22.4 mi

Ghost towns3

Heatwole: 5.7 mi
Lake Addie: 5.8 mi
Fernando: 15.4 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 5.9 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 18.2 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 19.0 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	19:17
December solstice	07:53	15:51	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	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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656251

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