Nature reserve · Minnesota

Kertsonville Wildlife Management Area

Kertsonville Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Kertsonville Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 299 m. The nearest named place is Tympanuchus Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.72452, -96.42905

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Tympanuchus Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Thorson Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Burnham Creek Unit: 5.7 mi
Thorson WPA: 6.9 mi
Dugdale Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi

Parks51

Highland Park Complex: 8.1 mi
Veterans Memorial Walkway: 8.2 mi
Nature's View Park: 8.4 mi
Walsh Park: 8.4 mi
Crescent Park: 8.5 mi

Artworks3

Landing Eagle: 9.8 mi
worlds largest bluebird: 16.3 mi
Erskin Walley Sculpture: 19.8 mi

Historic sites2

Old Crossing Memorial Park Historical Marker: 9.8 mi
Youth Memorial: 20.4 mi

Ghost towns2

Terrebonne: 15.6 mi
Betcher: 23.6 mi

Rest areas2

Fisher's Landing Travel Information Center and Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Oak Lake Rest Area: 21.9 mi

Museums1

Polk County Pioneer Museum: 8.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:58	19:38
June solstice	05:28	20:40	21:28
September equinox	07:13	18:45	19:25
December solstice	08:12	15:44	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	6	10	24	41	55	65	69	67	58	44	28	14
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.1	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.1	0.8	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crookston NW EXP STN, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656571

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