Nature reserve · Minnesota

Mahlon W. James Memorial Wildlife Management Area

Mahlon W. James Memorial Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mahlon W. James Memorial Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. The nearest named place is Greenleaf Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.99662, -94.61221

20.1 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Cosmos Park: 5.8 mi
Thompson Park: 6.6 mi
Ladybird Park: 8.4 mi
West Ripley Park: 8.5 mi
Prairie Park: 9.3 mi

Nature reserves56

Greenleaf Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
Hen Haven Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
Provencher Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
Rodewald Wildlife Management Area, East Unit: 6.2 mi
Acton Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi

Museums12

Meeker County Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
Meeker County Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
G.A.R Hall: 10.1 mi
Twine Ball Museum: 12.0 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 12.7 mi

Historic sites6

Litchfiel Civil War Memorial: 8.9 mi
Chief Little Crow: 11.4 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 13.9 mi
Tank: 14.0 mi
Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi

Gardens2

Anderson Gardens: 8.9 mi
Pumpkin Palooza: 13.0 mi

Attractions2

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 12.0 mi
A maze'n Farmyard: 22.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Heatwole: 15.3 mi
Lake Addie: 19.3 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 13.3 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 13.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:33	20:24	21:09
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:18
December solstice	07:54	15:51	16:40

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	27	43	56	66	71	68	60	45	30	17
Precip in	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.6	3.7	4.6	3.8	4.1	3.0	2.6	1.3	1.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655663

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