Nature reserve · Minnesota

Myhre Slough Wildlife Management Area

Myhre Slough Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Myhre Slough Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. The nearest named place is Oraas Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.70742, -95.82118

13.6 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
18.7 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Stokke Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
Tyro Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
Tyro Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi

Parks28

Oraas Park: 1.5 mi
Legion Park: 13.7 mi
Vermeersch Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
Wegdahl County Park: 15.2 mi
Sorlien Park: 15.7 mi

Museums7

Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 9.9 mi
Minnesota's Machinery Museum: 9.9 mi
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum: 13.3 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 15.0 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 15.3 mi

Attractions3

Minnesota Machinery Museum: 10.0 mi
Boyd House: 10.6 mi
Gnome Park: 19.2 mi

Artworks3

Civil War Statue: 17.8 mi
Mrs. Whitney Statue: 17.9 mi
The Mustang Statue: 18.0 mi

Gardens2

Garden Courtyard: 17.7 mi
Central Courtyard: 17.8 mi

Historic sites2

Barckes Corner: 23.1 mi
Veteran's Memorial: 24.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:57	19:36
June solstice	05:38	20:28	21:13
September equinox	07:11	18:44	19:23
December solstice	07:58	15:58	16:46

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	13	18	31	45	58	68	72	70	62	48	33	19
Precip in	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.4	3.5	4.6	3.3	3.8	3.2	2.3	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Granite Falls, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656038

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