Nature reserve · Minnesota

Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area

Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates44.66367, -96.09164

8.4 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
25.9 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
Middle Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Antler Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Antler Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi

Parks31

Oraas Park: 13.9 mi
Legion Park: 14.1 mi
Vermeersch Memorial Park: 14.6 mi
Legion Park: 15.9 mi
East Side Park: 15.9 mi

Museums5

Lincoln County Pioneer Museum: 20.0 mi
Lyon County Museum: 21.0 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 23.2 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 23.2 mi
Lac qui Parle County Museum: 24.2 mi

Artworks4

HGC Eagle Carving: 20.6 mi
Civil War Statue: 20.8 mi
Mrs. Whitney Statue: 21.1 mi
The Mustang Statue: 22.0 mi

Attractions3

Boyd House: 15.9 mi
Gnome Park: 18.9 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 23.3 mi

Gardens2

Garden Courtyard: 21.8 mi
Central Courtyard: 21.8 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 12.7 mi

Beaches1

Lake Hendricks Public Beach: 20.2 mi

Peaks1

Mount Wickham: 24.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:58	19:37
June solstice	05:40	20:29	21:14
September equinox	07:12	18:45	19:24
December solstice	07:59	15:59	16:47

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	30	44	57	68	72	70	62	48	33	20
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.5	2.8	3.4	4.1	3.3	3.4	2.8	2.4	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canby, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655700

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