Nature reserve · Minnesota

Onamia Lake Wildlife Management Area

Onamia Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Onamia Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 381 m. The nearest named place is Ivan Jindra Memorial Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 4.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 29 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.09398, -93.64947

28.8 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

60 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves31

Ivan Jindra Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
Four Brooks Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 10.5 mi
White Fish Lake Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
Four Brooks Wildlife Management Area, COOP Unit: 11.7 mi

Parks21

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park: 5.3 mi
Father Hennepin State Park: 8.5 mi
Isle Lake View Park: 9.0 mi
Garrison Concourse Wayside Park: 16.2 mi
Jake Regan Park: 16.4 mi

Artworks4

Giant Walleye: 16.1 mi
Klocka: 22.6 mi
Dala Horse (mini): 22.6 mi
Dala Horse: 23.0 mi

Museums3

Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post: 7.6 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Museum: 7.7 mi
Kanabec History Center: 22.4 mi

Rest areas1

Rum River Rest Area: 11.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:27
June solstice	05:24	20:24	21:10
September equinox	07:02	18:35	19:14
December solstice	07:55	15:42	16:32

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	9	14	27	41	54	63	68	66	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.5	3.1	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Isle 12N, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657608

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