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 435 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

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Coordinates47.60874, -95.33202

19.2 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

Mississippi River Headwaters · 26 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: 3.2 mi
Minnow Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
Little Pine Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
Daniel Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi

Parks39

Bagley City Park: 6.4 mi
Shevlin City Park: 6.4 mi
Hospital Hill Sledding: 6.5 mi
Clearbrook City Park Campground: 7.6 mi
Kloster Memorial Park: 8.0 mi

Artworks6

Fosston City Mural (old): 19.7 mi
Fosston City Mural (New): 19.7 mi
Science Arch: 23.1 mi
Origami Bird: 23.1 mi
Shaynowishkung: 23.1 mi

Historic sites4

Clearwater County Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
Helicopter: 19.3 mi
Tank: 19.3 mi
Beltrami Monument: 21.0 mi

Museums2

Clearwater County History Center: 6.4 mi
Headwaters Science Center: 23.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Pinewood: 9.5 mi
Mallard: 20.8 mi

Beaches2

Diamond Point Beach: 23.2 mi
South Shore Beach: 24.1 mi

Gardens1

Gitigaan Garden: 23.0 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, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657616

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