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Mervin Wildlife Management Area

Mervin Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mervin Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Oldenburg Point stands 292 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kettle Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive passes 22 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.65144, -92.81902

64 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Cromwell Park: 3.6 mi
  • Wright Park: 8.9 mi
  • Barnum City Park: 11.9 mi
  • Robert Johnson Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
  • Tamarack City Park: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Culkin Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Tamarack Wayside Rest: 14.6 mi
  • General Andrews Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • Veterans Evergreen Memorial: 23.9 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • Veteran's Monument: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sugarloaf: 10.8 mi
  • Oldenburg Point: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wrenshall deer statue: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oldenburg PointE 91°292 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1820:2221:09
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5415:3516:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81225385059646255422714
Precip in0.60.81.52.33.54.74.44.13.23.31.51.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wright 3 E, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655725

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