Nature reserve · Minnesota

Horse Slough Wildlife Management Area

Horse Slough Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Horse Slough Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 552 m. The nearest named place is Two Sloughs Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.35585, -96.34749

3.2 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Smooth Sumac · 24 mi
Spotted Quarry · 24 mi
Lake Haiwatha · 24 mi
Exhibit Quarry · 24 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Two Sloughs Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Weeks Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Muskrat Junction Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
Emerald Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Collinson Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi

Parks49

Picnic Point County Park: 3.3 mi
Hole in the Mountain County Park: 6.6 mi
Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
Legion Park: 8.8 mi
East Side Park: 8.8 mi

Museums7

Heritage Center: 7.2 mi
Lincoln County Pioneer Museum: 11.2 mi
South Dakota Art Museum: 21.9 mi
South Dakota Children's Museum: 22.4 mi
Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center: 23.7 mi

Artworks3

HGC Eagle Carving: 11.8 mi
Brookings Arts Council Sculpture 94: 21.4 mi
Touchdown Jesus: 22.5 mi

Beaches1

Lake Hendricks Public Beach: 11.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Cazenovia: 20.0 mi

Historic sites1

Sundance Site: 23.3 mi

Waterfalls1

Winnewissa Falls: 23.6 mi

Gardens1

Secret Garden: 24.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	19:00	19:38
June solstice	05:42	20:29	21:14
September equinox	07:13	18:46	19:25
December solstice	07:59	16:02	16:50

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	12	16	28	42	55	65	70	68	60	46	31	18

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Astoria 4S, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656445

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