Nature reserve · Minnesota

Lake Guckeen Wildlife Management Area

Lake Guckeen Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lake Guckeen Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 336 m. Great River Road passes 95 miles off. 120 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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Coordinates43.65641, -94.21455

95.1 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

120 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves59

Lake Guckeen Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
Lane Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Leudtke Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
East Chain Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Rice Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi

Parks42

Faribault County Fairground: 5.8 mi
Steinberg Nature Park: 6.7 mi
Forshee Park: 11.5 mi
Charlotte Park: 11.8 mi
Holden Park: 11.9 mi

Museums7

Etta C Ross Museum: 5.9 mi
Wakefield House Museum: 6.0 mi
Winnebago Museum: 8.1 mi
Martin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum: 12.2 mi
Armstrong Heritage Museum: 22.4 mi

Historic sites5

Dodd Ford Historic Bridge: 15.3 mi
SGT Corey Sathoff: 15.4 mi
Sarge's Sinclair Auto Station and Flower Shop: 16.0 mi
Old Carol's Grocery Building: 16.2 mi
Old Mill: 22.8 mi

Artworks4

Jolly Green Giant: 6.0 mi
Truman Heritage Walk: 16.2 mi
Truman Heritage Walk: 16.2 mi
Truman Heritage Walk: 16.2 mi

Ghost towns3

Imogene: 6.6 mi
Clayton: 19.5 mi
Homedahl: 19.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:29
June solstice	05:36	20:19	21:03
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:48	15:56	16:43

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	14	19	32	46	59	69	72	70	63	49	34	21
Precip in	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.5	4.5	5.1	4.2	3.9	3.5	2.7	1.6	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winnebago, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656709

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