Nature reserve · Minnesota

Huntersville State Forest

Huntersville State Forest from directly overhead

Huntersville State Forest is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 423 m. The nearest named place is Huntersville Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 34 miles off. 66 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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Coordinates46.76158, -94.87744

34.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
11.6 mi off the Lake Country Scenic Byway
22.6 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

66 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves31

Huntersville Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
Huntersville Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Huntersville Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Huntersville Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
Huntersville Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi

Parks20

Tree Farm Landing: 2.1 mi
Anderson's Crossing: 4.3 mi
Stigman’s Mound Park: 8.4 mi
Stocking Lake Public Water Access: 8.7 mi
Frame's Landing: 9.1 mi

Museums4

Menahga Museum: 10.3 mi
Hubbard County Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
Paul Bunyan Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
Wadena County Historical Society: 24.8 mi

Artworks4

Statue of St. Urho: 10.3 mi
World's Largest Tiger Muskie: 14.1 mi
Paul Bunyan Statue: 18.1 mi
Lucette Statue (Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart): 20.4 mi

Ghost towns2

Shell City: 4.2 mi
Leaf River: 21.2 mi

Rest areas2

US-71: Park Rapids Rest Area: 13.3 mi
Smoky Hills Wayside: 23.7 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 20.4 mi

Attractions1

Historic caboose: 22.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:52	19:32
June solstice	05:26	20:31	21:18
September equinox	07:07	18:39	19:19
December solstice	08:02	15:43	16:34

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	8	12	26	41	54	64	69	67	58	44	28	14
Precip in	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.1	4.1	3.9	2.8	2.7	2.4	0.8	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Rapids Muni AP, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/859782556

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