Nature reserve · Minnesota

Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area

Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. The nearest named place is Heatwole, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 42 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.83067, -94.36413

41.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
27.7 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Prairie Heritage Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Sumter Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Phasianus Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi

Parks

Elks Park: 3.0 mi
McLeod County Fairgrounds: 3.0 mi
VFW Park: 3.2 mi
Legion Park: 3.5 mi
Linden Park: 3.6 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 3.2 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 4.6 mi
Depot Museum: 17.5 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 17.9 mi
Twine Ball Museum: 18.5 mi

Historic sites9

Hutchinson Brothers: 4.2 mi
Tank: 4.4 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
Chief Little Crow: 10.8 mi
Glencoe Fort: 10.8 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 10.9 mi
Monarch Waystation: 10.9 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 10.9 mi
Anderson Gardens: 20.9 mi

Ghost towns3

Heatwole: 1.8 mi
Lake Addie: 3.7 mi
Fernando: 13.2 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 4.5 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 18.1 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 18.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:30
June solstice	05:32	20:23	21:08
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:17
December solstice	07:53	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	13	18	32	46	59	69	73	70	63	48	33	20
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.0	4.5	3.9	4.8	3.0	2.5	1.5	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hutchinson 1 N, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655868

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