Nature reserve · Minnesota

Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area

Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 438 m. Great River Road passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates47.62178, -95.31513

19.2 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Mississippi River Headwaters · 27 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
West 4 Legged LaKe Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Spike Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
Little Pine Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
Minnow Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi

Parks41

Shevlin City Park: 6.9 mi
Clearbrook City Park Campground: 7.4 mi
Bagley City Park: 7.6 mi
Hospital Hill Sledding: 7.7 mi
Clearwater River Fishing Pier: 7.8 mi

Artworks6

Fosston City Mural (old): 20.6 mi
Fosston City Mural (New): 20.6 mi
Science Arch: 22.7 mi
Origami Bird: 22.7 mi
Shaynowishkung: 22.8 mi

Historic sites4

Clearwater County Veterans Memorial: 7.9 mi
Beltrami Monument: 20.1 mi
Helicopter: 20.2 mi
Tank: 20.2 mi

Museums2

Clearwater County History Center: 6.9 mi
Headwaters Science Center: 22.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Pinewood: 8.9 mi
Mallard: 21.6 mi

Beaches2

Diamond Point Beach: 22.8 mi
South Shore Beach: 23.8 mi

Gardens1

Gitigaan Garden: 22.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:25	18:53	19:34
June solstice	05:24	20:35	21:23
September equinox	07:09	18:40	19:21
December solstice	08:08	15:40	16:33

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	5	10	24	40	53	63	67	65	57	43	27	13
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.0	4.6	3.9	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.6	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fosston 1 E, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657606

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