Nature reserve · Minnesota

Ostendorff Wildlife Management Area

Ostendorff Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Ostendorff Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 368 m. The nearest named place is Buckhorn Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.83484, -94.72729

12.7 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway
17.0 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

128 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves60

Buckhorn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
Ireland Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
Sponsa Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Grey Eagle Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi

Parks49

Lake Sylvia Wayside: 6.8 mi
Swanville City Park: 6.8 mi
St Rosa Park: 7.3 mi
Upsala City Park: 7.8 mi
Locke Circle Park: 11.2 mi

Museums7

Todd County Museum: 11.5 mi
Christie House Museum: 11.6 mi
Melrose Area Museum: 11.9 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 18.2 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 19.6 mi

Peaks2

Eagle Mountain: 2.4 mi
The Mound: 2.5 mi

Rest areas2

Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 19.8 mi
Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 19.9 mi

Beaches2

Avon Beach: 20.2 mi
Saint John's Beach: 24.0 mi

Historic sites2

Veterans' Memorial: 23.0 mi
Stone Gate: 24.1 mi

Attractions2

Saint John's Pottery Studio: 23.7 mi
Maple Sugar Shack: 24.4 mi

Artworks1

Clock: 20.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Area 6: 24.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:30	20:27	21:13
September equinox	07:07	18:39	19:18
December solstice	07:58	15:47	16:38

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	10	14	27	42	56	67	70	68	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.6	3.6	4.2	4.3	3.8	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Melrose, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657585

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