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Lower Rice Wildlife Management Area

Lower Rice Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lower Rice Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 444 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the south-southwest, 5.7 miles off. Great River Road passes 10 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.30713, -95.45141

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
  • Roy Lake Park: 5.4 mi
  • Long Lake Park: 6.7 mi
  • South Twin Lake Park: 11.2 mi
  • Little Elbow Lake Park: 11.4 mi
  • Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 11.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 12.2 mi
  • Lakeside Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Clearwater County History Center: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Height of Land Lookout: 5.7 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Fosston City Mural (old): 23.3 mi
  • Fosston City Mural (New): 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Council Ring: 13.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Rice Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Height of Land LookoutSSW 205°611 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5419:34
June solstice05:2620:3521:23
September equinox07:0918:4119:21
December solstice08:0715:4216:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F61124395262676556422714
Precip in0.80.71.22.03.24.63.53.23.12.91.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655697

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