Nature reserve · Minnesota

Hesitation Wildlife Management Area

Hesitation Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hesitation Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 387 m. The nearest named place is Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.5 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.33643, -93.89550

9.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
22.4 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

102 named places within 25 miles

Parks41

Jake Regan Park: 4.2 mi
Garrison Concourse Wayside Park: 4.5 mi
Elmer Park: 9.5 mi
Veteran's Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
Deerwood City Park: 9.6 mi

Nature reserves38

Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Farm Island Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
Harold & Marie Deutsch Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
Telef Paulson Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi

Museums6

Soo Line Depot Museum: 10.5 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Museum: 12.9 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post: 12.9 mi
WonderTrek Children's Museum: 13.6 mi
Crow Wing County Historical Society and Museum: 14.8 mi

Gardens5

Gazebo Garden: 15.8 mi
Secret Garden: 15.8 mi
Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 16.0 mi
G101 & Giving Garden: 16.0 mi

Artworks4

Giant Walleye: 4.5 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 9.5 mi
Serpent Lake: 10.3 mi
Paul Bunyan Statue: 20.9 mi

Historic sites4

Veterans Memorial: 16.3 mi
VFW Tank: 16.8 mi
Miler Castle: 17.1 mi
Miller Castle: 17.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Manganese: 14.3 mi
Old Crow Wing: 21.5 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 21.0 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Area 5: 23.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:49	19:28
June solstice	05:24	20:25	21:12
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:57	15:41	16:32

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	11	16	29	43	55	65	70	67	59	45	31	17
Precip in	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.6	3.3	4.0	4.3	3.1	2.6	2.4	0.9	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brainerd Crow Wing CO AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656553

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