Nature reserve · Minnesota

Manchester Wildlife Management Area

Manchester Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Manchester Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. The nearest named place is Manchester city Park, a park 2.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 67 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.75988, -93.43199

66.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
28.7 mi off the Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Manchester city Park: 2.6 mi
Bancroft Bay Park: 6.5 mi
Arrowhead Point County Park: 6.7 mi
South Edgewater Park: 6.8 mi
Shorewood Hills Park: 6.9 mi

Nature reserves

Halls Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
P.N. and G.M. Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
Magaksica Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
Chapa-kak-say-za Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
Geneva Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi

Museums31

Freeborn County Historical Society Museum: 7.8 mi
Alden Community Museum: 9.5 mi
Wells Depot Museum: 14.7 mi
Myrtle Museum: 19.0 mi
Kremer House Library & Museum: 20.8 mi

Historic sites8

Freeborn County Courthouse: 8.5 mi
Area Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota: 18.1 mi
Minnesota Welcomes You: 18.1 mi
Old Mill: 21.3 mi

Beaches2

Albert Lea Beach: 7.9 mi
Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 23.3 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area: 9.7 mi
Iowa Welcome Center: 22.1 mi

Attractions2

Lansing Corners: 22.0 mi
Mower County Fairgrounds: 23.0 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 15.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Clayton: 23.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:48	19:26
June solstice	05:33	20:16	21:00
September equinox	07:02	18:35	19:13
December solstice	07:45	15:53	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	14	19	31	45	58	69	72	70	62	48	34	21
Precip in	0.9	0.9	1.9	3.7	4.9	5.4	4.8	4.3	3.7	2.6	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albert LEA 3SE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655883

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