Nature reserve · Minnesota

Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area

Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Meadow Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 435 m. The nearest named place is Shafer Lake Day Use Area, a picnic site 7.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 18 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.48766, -94.55196

18.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
13.8 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

93 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves38

Pillsbury State Forest: 8.5 mi
Agate Rearing Pond Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
Dry Sand Wildlife Management Area: 11.4 mi
Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area, Northeast Unit: 15.2 mi
Lowell Wildlife Management Area: 15.3 mi

Parks36

Fritz Loven Park: 9.7 mi
Colonial Hall Playground: 10.5 mi
Veteran's Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
Bullard Bluff: 12.1 mi
Cottingham Park: 12.2 mi

Gardens6

Dru's Garden: 13.9 mi
G101 & Giving Garden: 17.7 mi
Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 17.8 mi
Memorial Garden: 17.8 mi
Secret Garden: 17.9 mi

Museums4

Driftwood Gift Shop and Museum: 18.4 mi
Crow Wing County Historical Society and Museum: 18.9 mi
WonderTrek Children's Museum: 19.7 mi
Northern MN Railroad Heritage Association: 24.8 mi

Picnic sites2

Shafer Lake Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
Picnic Area 5: 15.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Philbrook: 16.2 mi
Old Crow Wing: 17.8 mi

Historic sites2

Miller Castle: 16.8 mi
Miler Castle: 16.8 mi

Attractions1

Historic caboose: 17.3 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 19.2 mi

Artworks1

Paul Bunyan Statue: 19.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:51	19:31
June solstice	05:26	20:28	21:15
September equinox	07:06	18:38	19:18
December solstice	08:00	15:43	16:34

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	8	13	26	41	55	65	70	68	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.4	4.1	4.4	3.3	2.7	2.6	1.0	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gull Lake DAM, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655746

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