Nature reserve · Minnesota

McLeod Pheasants Forever Wildlife Management Area

McLeod Pheasants Forever Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

McLeod Pheasants Forever Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. The nearest named place is The Biscay Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 40 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.82354, -94.26740

40.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
23.7 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

The Biscay Park: 0.4 mi
Glenn Knoll Park: 5.8 mi
Elks Park: 6.0 mi
Kimberly Park: 6.2 mi
VFW Park: 6.2 mi

Nature reserves

Crow Wing River II Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
Hassan Valley Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
Phasianus Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Prairie Heritage Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Sumter Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi

Historic sites9

All Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
Glencoe Fort: 6.3 mi
Tank: 6.8 mi
Hutchinson Brothers: 6.9 mi
Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 6.6 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 8.0 mi
Cokato Museum: 17.8 mi
Depot Museum: 17.9 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 18.3 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 6.3 mi
Monarch Waystation: 6.3 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 6.3 mi
Anderson Gardens: 23.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Lake Addie: 5.8 mi
Heatwole: 6.5 mi
Fernando: 15.1 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 7.1 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 19.3 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 20.1 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	20:22	21:07
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:52	15:51	16:39

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	12	16	29	44	57	68	71	69	61	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.3	5.2	3.5	4.4	3.2	2.6	1.3	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownton Wwtp, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655919

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