Nature reserve · Minnesota

Mahoney's Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Mahoney's Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mahoney's Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. Great River Road passes 35 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.56970, -93.75655

35.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
5.1 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Mahoney's Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
Mahoney's Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
Raven Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
Pheasants Forever Module # 3 Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Michel Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi

Parks

Century Park: 2.5 mi
Hickory Park: 2.8 mi
Heritage Square: 2.8 mi
Heritage Park (Purple Park): 2.9 mi
Meadow Park: 3.0 mi

Attractions

Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 5.9 mi
Sever's: 13.9 mi
Cartwheel Cove: 14.5 mi
King's Gate: 14.5 mi
Oven Hill Market: 14.5 mi

Gardens54

Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 7.8 mi
Community Garden: 8.8 mi
Cedar Brook Sculpture Garden: 12.5 mi
Hedge Display: 20.8 mi
Spruce: 20.9 mi

Artworks30

Samuel Pond statue: 19.5 mi
Chief Sakpe statue: 19.5 mi
Sesquicentennial Statue: 20.1 mi
Confluence: 21.0 mi
Looking into the Wind: 21.0 mi

Historic sites18

Memorial Helicopter: 3.2 mi
Fire Department Memorial: 8.9 mi
New Prague Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
Jab's Farm: 13.2 mi
Ehmiller Place: 13.8 mi

Museums15

S. B. Strait House: 7.3 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 8.1 mi
Gopher State Railway Museum: 8.6 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 10.4 mi
W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 10.8 mi

Beaches7

Sand Creek Reservoir Swimming Area: 8.9 mi
Clayhole Beach: 16.9 mi
Watzl's Point Beach: 19.3 mi
Sand Point Beach: 20.9 mi
Lake Ann Beach: 22.8 mi

Picnic sites3

Picnic Point Pavilion: 21.7 mi
Covered pavillion: 22.8 mi
North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 24.5 mi

Rest areas2

New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 22.5 mi
Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 24.4 mi

Ghost towns1

San Francisco: 9.2 mi

Springs1

Boiling Springs: 22.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:49	19:28
June solstice	05:31	20:20	21:04
September equinox	07:03	18:36	19:14
December solstice	07:49	15:50	16:38

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	18	30	44	57	67	71	68	61	48	33	20
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.8	4.5	5.1	3.8	5.2	3.2	2.7	1.6	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan 1ssw, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655677

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