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Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit

Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit from directly overhead

Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Mount Nebo stands 460 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Northeast Unit, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 20 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.31369, -94.76517

80 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Orville's Landing: 5.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Sylvan Shores Community Park: 6.8 mi
  • McGivern Park: 7.1 mi
  • Old Wadena Park: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
  • Wadena County Historical Society: 19.8 mi
  • Todd County Museum: 23.9 mi
  • Christie House Museum: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Veterans' Memorial: 15.5 mi
  • Captain Black's Cabin: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • 2: 22.7 mi
  • 1: 22.8 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Mount Nebo: 16.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Paul Bunyan Statue: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboW 280°460 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5219:32
June solstice05:2820:2921:16
September equinox07:0718:3919:19
December solstice08:0015:4516:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81225415464686658442915
Precip in0.90.81.42.63.54.44.33.62.92.81.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wadena 3 S, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655629

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