Nature reserve · Minnesota

Ireland Wildlife Management Area

Ireland Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Ireland Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. The nearest named place is Ostendorff Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 15 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.86803, -94.70288

15.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
15.0 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Ostendorff Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Buckhorn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
Sponsa Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt Wildlife Management Area, South Unit: 4.5 mi

Parks50

Swanville City Park: 4.3 mi
Upsala City Park: 7.6 mi
Lake Sylvia Wayside: 9.4 mi
St Rosa Park: 9.6 mi
Locke Circle Park: 10.1 mi

Museums7

Todd County Museum: 10.5 mi
Christie House Museum: 10.7 mi
Melrose Area Museum: 14.4 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 16.2 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 17.5 mi

Peaks2

The Mound: 2.7 mi
Eagle Mountain: 3.1 mi

Rest areas2

Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 21.1 mi
Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 21.2 mi

Beaches1

Avon Beach: 21.4 mi

Artworks1

Clock: 21.6 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans' Memorial: 21.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Area 6: 22.1 mi

Attractions1

Saint John's Pottery Studio: 24.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:29	20:27	21:13
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:18
December solstice	07:58	15:47	16:37

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	9	13	26	40	53	64	68	66	57	44	29	15
Precip in	1.0	0.9	1.5	2.7	3.5	4.6	4.6	3.4	3.3	2.9	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Prairie, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656652

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