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Mallard Lake Wildlife Management Area

Mallard Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mallard Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 476 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mallard, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.3 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.29861, -95.27086

Overlooks nearby

103 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
  • Long Lake Park: 2.2 mi
  • La Salle Lake State Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
  • Itasca State Park: 8.8 mi
  • Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 11.6 mi
  • Roy Lake Park: 13.9 mi
Museums: 4
  • Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 4.6 mi
  • Lakeside Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Clearwater County History Center: 16.0 mi
  • Headwaters Science Center: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Height of Land Lookout: 11.8 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • South Shore Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Diamond Point Beach: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Council Ring: 5.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Height of Land LookoutWSW 247°611 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5319:34
June solstice05:2520:3421:22
September equinox07:0918:4019:21
December solstice08:0615:4116:34

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655670

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