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Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area

Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Mt Aral stands 421 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Corinna Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 7.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates45.25212, -93.97859

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Maria State Park: 4.4 mi
  • Harry Larson County Forest: 6.2 mi
  • Trapper's Pond Park: 6.2 mi
  • Sundance Ridge Park: 6.3 mi
  • Serenity Hills Park: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 11
  • Wright County Hisrotical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Sherburne History Center's Museum and Sand Burr Gift Shop: 12.0 mi
  • Cokato Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Ames–Florida-Stork House: 16.6 mi
  • Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 8
Peaks: 3
  • Hurrle Peak: 14.1 mi
  • Mt Aral: 17.5 mi
  • King's Hill: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Rebecca: 16.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Ray Lemke Garden: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • SCSU Logo: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Quarry 20 picnic area: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt AralWNW 292°421 m17.5 mi
Hurrle PeakNW 312°370 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:28
June solstice05:2920:2221:08
September equinox07:0418:3619:15
December solstice07:5315:4816:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121730445767716961473219
Precip in0.71.01.42.64.24.44.34.53.42.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo 2NE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655889

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