Nature reserve · Minnesota

Horning Pit Wildlife Management Area

Horning Pit Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Horning Pit Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. The nearest named place is Boekholt Grove Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.72704, -96.23760

9.1 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
25.1 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Boekholt Grove Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Eldorado Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
Thedin Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
Everglade Marshes Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
Towner Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi

Parks26

Pheasant Creek Park: 7.1 mi
Niemackl Lake Park: 8.4 mi
Dumont City Park: 8.9 mi
City Park: 9.1 mi
Norcross City Park: 10.0 mi

Museums3

Stevens County Historical Society & Museum: 18.3 mi
Clinton Depot: 20.8 mi
Grant County Historical Museum: 22.3 mi

Gardens1

Horticultural Gardens at West Central Research and Outreach Center: 19.7 mi

Historic sites1

Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary: 21.3 mi

Attractions1

Corn Maze: 21.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:58	19:38
June solstice	05:36	20:33	21:19
September equinox	07:13	18:45	19:24
December solstice	08:04	15:54	16:44

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	44	58	68	72	70	62	47	32	18
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.8	4.2	3.5	2.7	2.9	2.3	1.1	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wheaton, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656464

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