Nature reserve · Minnesota

Meyer Prairie WPA

Meyer Prairie WPA from directly overhead

Meyer Prairie WPA is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 321 m. The nearest named place is Grant Coyour Memorial Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Otter Trail Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.11231, -96.21315

13.3 mi off the Otter Trail Scenic Byway
13.4 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Grant Coyour Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
Copeland Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
Rabbit River WPA: 1.3 mi
West Township County Gravel Pit Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Kube-swift Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 2.2 mi

Parks50

Lighning Lake Park: 6.2 mi
Roy Johnson Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
Campbell City Park: 9.4 mi
Foxhome City Park: 12.3 mi
Old Smokey: 12.5 mi

Museums17

Otter Tail County Historical Society: 13.1 mi
Otter Cove Children's Museum: 13.5 mi
Grant County Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
Adelsman Building: 14.9 mi
The Steam Room: 14.9 mi

Artworks6

George B. Whight Statue: 13.4 mi
A Point in Time: 13.4 mi
Otto the Otter: 13.5 mi
Angel of Hope Statue: 13.5 mi
Joe Whitford Statue: 13.8 mi

Ghost towns2

Pomme de Terre: 12.7 mi
Childs: 15.7 mi

Rest areas2

Hansel Lake Rest Area: 14.0 mi
Co Hwy 88 Rest Area: 14.7 mi

Historic sites2

Broken Down Dam: 15.3 mi
Initial Point, North Dakota South Dakota boundary: 20.8 mi

Beaches1

Pebble Lake Swimming Beach: 12.6 mi

Attractions1

Corn Maze: 13.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:58	19:37
June solstice	05:34	20:34	21:20
September equinox	07:12	18:45	19:24
December solstice	08:05	15:52	16:42

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	9	13	27	42	56	66	71	68	60	45	30	16
Precip in	1.3	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.9	4.4	3.3	2.9	3.0	2.4	1.0	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fergus Falls, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1449463636

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