Nature reserve · Minnesota

Norwegian Grove Wildlife Management Area

Norwegian Grove Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Norwegian Grove Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.45631, -94.18815

12.6 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
57.3 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Former Dam Site · 18 mi
Overlook · 18 mi
Overlook · 18 mi
North Overlook · 21 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Norwegian Grove Wildlife Management Area: 0.3 mi
Sibley Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Duck Lake Unit: 8.4 mi
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Peterson Lake North Unit: 8.6 mi
Spannaus Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi

Parks

Winthrop City Park: 10.7 mi
Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
Prairie Ridge Park: 13.0 mi
Gault Park: 13.0 mi
Warren Park: 13.2 mi

Historic sites15

Kiesling House: 16.6 mi
Defenders Monument: 16.8 mi
Hermann Monument: 17.4 mi
Martin Luther Statue: 17.5 mi
Veteran's Memorial: 19.3 mi

Museums14

W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 13.5 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 13.7 mi
Treaty Site History Center Museum: 13.9 mi
E. St. Julien Cox House: 14.1 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 14.6 mi

Artworks7

Sesquicentennial Statue: 14.1 mi
Art Wall Park: 16.4 mi
Markplatz Mall Arch: 16.6 mi
Mni Mural: 21.9 mi
Buffalo: 21.9 mi

Waterfalls7

Swan Lake Fall: 17.3 mi
Minnewankon Falls: 19.3 mi
Minnemishinona Falls: 20.4 mi
Lower Minneopa Falls: 21.8 mi
Upper Minneopa Falls: 21.8 mi

Gardens6

Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 14.9 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 22.4 mi
Monarch Waystation: 22.4 mi
Monarch Waystation: 22.4 mi
Heart and Soil Community Garden: 22.5 mi

Attractions5

German Park: 16.5 mi
Kiesling Park & House: 16.6 mi
Glockenspiel: 16.6 mi
John Lind House: 16.8 mi
Wanda Gag House: 16.9 mi

Ghost towns3

Fernando: 18.9 mi
West Newton: 20.7 mi
Lake Addie: 23.9 mi

Beaches2

Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 20.5 mi
Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 20.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:29
June solstice	05:33	20:21	21:06
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:51	15:52	16:41

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	14	18	30	45	58	69	73	70	62	48	33	20

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gaylord, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657504

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