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Old Koschak Farm Wildlife Management Area

Old Koschak Farm Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Old Koschak Farm Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 424 m. Disappointment Mountain stands 552 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Winton Park, a park 1.1 miles away. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.92438, -91.82479

46 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 12
Parks: 11
  • Winton Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hidden Valley Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Whiteside Park: 2.1 mi
  • Semer's Park: 2.8 mi
  • Main town Park: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • International Wolf Center: 1.3 mi
  • Large rock core: 1.5 mi
  • Pillow Rock: 1.6 mi
  • Pioneer Mine Shaft House: 1.9 mi
  • Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation: 20.4 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Blueberry Bluff: 6.7 mi
  • Jack Pine Mountain: 18.4 mi
  • Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook): 18.9 mi
  • Jasper Peak: 19.7 mi
  • Disappointment Mountain: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Mining Equipment: 15.7 mi
  • The Boy Scout statue: 15.9 mi
  • Fallen Veterans: 15.9 mi
  • Breitung Monument: 20.7 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Fall Lake Campground Beach: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Ol' Baldy: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Meander Lake Picnic Area: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Disappointment MountainENE 78°552 m23.4 mi
Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook)WSW 251°484 m18.9 mi
Blueberry BluffW 267°451 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:0920:2221:11
September equinox06:5518:2619:07
December solstice07:5515:2416:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F61125385261676556422713

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELY, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/31657618

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