Nature reserve · Minnesota

Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area

Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. The nearest named place is Miller Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 39 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.89804, -94.41155

38.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
32.4 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Miller Park: 0.7 mi
Roberts Park: 0.8 mi
Old Fellow's Park: 0.8 mi
Rotary Park: 1.0 mi
AFS Park: 1.0 mi

Nature reserves

Prieve Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Daak Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi

Museums10

McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 0.8 mi
Wheel and Cog: 2.2 mi
Depot Museum: 13.5 mi
Twine Ball Museum: 13.7 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 14.0 mi

Historic sites9

Hutchinson Brothers: 2.1 mi
Tank: 2.3 mi
Chief Little Crow: 6.3 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
Veterans Memorial: 13.7 mi

Gardens5

Monarch Waystation: 15.0 mi
Monarch Waystation: 15.0 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 15.0 mi
Anderson Gardens: 15.8 mi
Pumpkin Palooza: 24.7 mi

Ghost towns3

Heatwole: 4.4 mi
Lake Addie: 8.6 mi
Fernando: 17.2 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 2.0 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 13.5 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 13.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:51	19:30
June solstice	05:32	20:23	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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656691

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