Nature reserve · Minnesota

Newstrom Lake Wildlife Management Area, North Unit

Newstrom Lake Wildlife Management Area, North Unit from directly overhead

Newstrom Lake Wildlife Management Area, North Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. The nearest named place is Newstrom Lake Wildlife Management Area, South Unit, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 7.5 miles off. 87 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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Coordinates46.57320, -93.50144

7.5 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

87 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves50

Parks22

Axtell Technical Riding Area: 7.9 mi
Berglund County Park: 9.5 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 10.3 mi
Aitkin City Park: 10.4 mi

Historic sites6

VFW Tank: 10.0 mi
Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 16.2 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 16.2 mi
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir: 16.2 mi

Rest areas3

MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 9.8 mi
Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 16.1 mi
Tamarack Wayside Rest: 18.5 mi

Artworks3

Deerwood Deer Statue: 20.1 mi
Serpent Lake: 22.5 mi
Giant Walleye: 24.7 mi

Museums2

Northern Pacific Depot: 10.2 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 22.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Manganese: 24.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:47	19:27
June solstice	05:22	20:25	21:12
September equinox	07:02	18:34	19:14
December solstice	07:56	15:39	16:30

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	10	14	26	40	53	63	68	65	57	44	30	17
Precip in	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	3.8	4.4	4.7	3.3	3.1	2.9	1.7	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aitkin 2E, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657492

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