Nature reserve · Minnesota

Oak Isle Wildlife Management Area

Oak Isle Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Oak Isle Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. The nearest named place is Boerner Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates44.64135, -94.04795

7.6 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
45.0 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Boerner Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Revanche Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
Severance Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
Arlington Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Proehl's Woods Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi

Parks

Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
Hamburg Bicentennial Park: 7.4 mi
Hawks Park: 7.6 mi
Buffalo Creek County Park: 8.6 mi
Plato City Park: 9.2 mi

Historic sites15

Glencoe Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
Glencoe Fort: 10.7 mi
Memorial Helicopter: 13.9 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
Fire Department Memorial: 20.4 mi

Attractions12

Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 17.7 mi
Cartwheel Cove: 23.2 mi
King's Gate: 23.2 mi
Queen's Gate: 23.2 mi
Oven Hill Market: 23.2 mi

Museums9

Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 10.4 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 13.9 mi
W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 14.0 mi
S. B. Strait House: 17.4 mi
Treaty Site History Center Museum: 20.8 mi

Gardens5

Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 10.3 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 10.9 mi
Monarch Waystation: 10.9 mi
Monarch Waystation: 10.9 mi
Community Garden: 24.0 mi

Ghost towns4

San Francisco: 17.4 mi
Lake Addie: 18.2 mi
Fernando: 20.2 mi
Heatwole: 21.8 mi

Beaches2

Sand Creek Reservoir Swimming Area: 20.6 mi
Clayhole Beach: 24.1 mi

Artworks2

Sesquicentennial Statue: 22.3 mi
Chief Little Crow: 23.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Covered pavillion: 22.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:29
June solstice	05:32	20:21	21:06
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:16
December solstice	07:51	15:51	16:39

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657589

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