Nature reserve · Minnesota

Long Lake Wildlife Management Area

Long Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Long Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 415 m. The nearest named place is James B. Fern Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. Lady Slipper Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 81 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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Coordinates47.65991, -94.99716

20.9 mi off the Lady Slipper Scenic Byway

Around it

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks39

Whitefish Lake Public Access - MN DNR: 6.0 mi
Buzzle Lake Public Access - County Right-of-Way: 7.4 mi
Clearwater River Fishing Pier: 8.4 mi
Three Island Lake County Park: 10.4 mi
Solway Park: 11.5 mi

Nature reserves26

James B. Fern Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Henry O. Bjoring Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
Movil Maze Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
Clearwater V & S 9 Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
Bagley Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi

Artworks6

Science Arch: 13.5 mi
Origami Bird: 13.8 mi
Shaynowishkung: 14.1 mi
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Statue: 14.2 mi
Black Duck #3: 21.2 mi

Historic sites3

Beltrami Monument: 5.2 mi
Clearwater County Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
Leech Lake Veteran's Memorial: 24.3 mi

Museums3

Headwaters Science Center: 14.0 mi
Clearwater County History Center: 15.2 mi
Blackduck Area History & Art: 21.4 mi

Beaches2

Diamond Point Beach: 13.5 mi
South Shore Beach: 14.9 mi

Ghost towns1

Pinewood: 7.5 mi

Gardens1

Gitigaan Garden: 13.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:52	19:33
June solstice	05:23	20:34	21:22
September equinox	07:07	18:39	19:20
December solstice	08:06	15:38	16:31

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	7	11	24	39	53	63	68	67	57	43	28	14
Precip in	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.6	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lake Indian Agcy, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655690

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