Nature reserve · Minnesota

Mosquito Creek Wildlife Management Area

Mosquito Creek Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Mosquito Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 447 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. Great River Road passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates47.41983, -95.42164

10.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
22.3 mi off the Lake Country Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Mississippi River Headwaters · 16 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Mosquito Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
Mosquito Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
Upper Rice Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
Upper Rice Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area, Clearwater County Unit: 6.2 mi

Parks27

Hospital Hill Sledding: 7.5 mi
Bagley City Park: 7.5 mi
Roy Lake Park: 9.4 mi
Long Lake Park: 10.7 mi
Shevlin City Park: 10.9 mi

Historic sites3

Clearwater County Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
Helicopter: 18.3 mi
Tank: 18.3 mi

Museums3

Clearwater County History Center: 10.7 mi
Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 15.5 mi
Lakeside Museum: 16.2 mi

Ghost towns2

Mallard: 10.4 mi
Pinewood: 18.4 mi

Peaks2

Height of Land Lookout: 13.5 mi
Strawberry Mountain: 13.8 mi

Artworks2

Fosston City Mural (old): 18.8 mi
Fosston City Mural (New): 18.9 mi

Picnic sites1

Council Ring: 16.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Height of Land Lookout	SSW 196°	611 m	13.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:54	19:34
June solstice	05:25	20:35	21:23
September equinox	07:09	18:41	19:21
December solstice	08:07	15:41	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	6	11	24	39	52	62	67	65	56	42	27	14
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.0	3.2	4.6	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.9	1.3	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656137

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