Nature reserve · Minnesota

Little Elk Wildlife Management Area

Little Elk Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Little Elk Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. The nearest named place is Culdrum Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 5.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 13 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.04953, -94.62625

13.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
26.6 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

89 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves48

Culdrum Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area, Morrison County Unit: 5.5 mi
Ruff-Nik Wildlife Management Area, South Unit: 5.6 mi
Ruff-Nik Wildlife Management Area, Robinson Refuge Unit: 6.6 mi
Hartford Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi

Parks26

Swanville City Park: 9.4 mi
Browerville Public Park: 11.7 mi
Locke Circle Park: 12.2 mi
Browerville Sports Complex: 12.3 mi
Pine Grove Zoo: 12.5 mi

Museums6

Todd County Museum: 12.4 mi
Christie House Museum: 12.6 mi
Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 13.0 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 13.1 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 13.1 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnic Area 6: 10.5 mi
Picnic Area 5: 21.2 mi

Peaks2

The Mound: 15.1 mi
Eagle Mountain: 15.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Philbrook: 16.7 mi
Old Crow Wing: 20.9 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans' Memorial: 16.5 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 20.6 mi

Artworks1

Paul Bunyan Statue: 20.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:28	20:27	21:14
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:18
December solstice	07:58	15:46	16:36

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	18	31	45	58	68	73	70	62	48	32	19
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	3.3	4.3	3.7	3.3	3.0	2.4	1.3	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls 2nne, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655571

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