Nature reserve · Minnesota

Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit

Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit from directly overhead

Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. The nearest named place is Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Round Lake Unit, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 4.4 miles off. 83 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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Coordinates46.70601, -93.68873

4.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
20.0 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves47

Little Willow River Wildlife Management Area, Round Lake Unit: 1.4 mi
Birchdale Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
French Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
Roberts-Wickstrom Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 9.2 mi
Aitkin Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 9.4 mi

Parks20

Berglund County Park: 9.6 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 11.4 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 11.6 mi
Aitkin City Park: 12.2 mi
City Park: 12.8 mi

Historic sites6

VFW Tank: 11.4 mi
Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 17.8 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 17.8 mi
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir: 17.8 mi

Museums3

Northern Pacific Depot: 12.1 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 19.8 mi
Northern MN Railroad Heritage Association: 20.0 mi

Rest areas2

Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 17.8 mi
MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 19.6 mi

Artworks2

Deerwood Deer Statue: 18.9 mi
Serpent Lake: 20.1 mi

Peaks1

Quadna Mountain: 18.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Manganese: 19.6 mi

Beaches1

Hill lake Beach: 20.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:47	19:27
June solstice	05:22	20:26	21:13
September equinox	07:02	18:34	19:14
December solstice	07:57	15:39	16:30

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	10	14	26	40	53	63	68	65	57	44	30	17
Precip in	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	3.8	4.4	4.7	3.3	3.1	2.9	1.7	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aitkin 2E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655603

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