Nature reserve · Minnesota

Ottawa Wildlife Management Area

Ottawa Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Ottawa Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. The nearest named place is Traverse des Sioux Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.34040, -93.91996

0.4 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
51.6 mi off the Great River Road, National

Overlooks nearby

North Overlook · 15 mi
South Overlook · 15 mi
Former Dam Site · 27 mi
Overlook · 28 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Traverse des Sioux Park: 1.2 mi
Levee Park: 2.0 mi
Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
Riverside Park: 2.0 mi
Ramsey Park: 2.1 mi

Nature reserves

Ottawa Bluffs Preserve: 1.9 mi
Bur Oak Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Oak Leaf Lake Unit: 5.4 mi
Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area, Larson Unit: 5.7 mi
Shanghai Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi

Museums14

Treaty Site History Center Museum: 1.6 mi
E. St. Julien Cox House: 2.1 mi
W W Mayo House;Mayoview History Center: 8.4 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 8.7 mi
Sibley County Historic Society and Museum: 13.0 mi

Historic sites9

Veteran's Memorial: 3.9 mi
U.S.-Dakota War Historic Marker: 12.6 mi
Dakota 38 Memorial: 12.6 mi
Alumni Arch and Plaza: 13.9 mi
Vietnam War Memorial: 13.9 mi

Waterfalls7

Minnewankon Falls: 14.1 mi
Minnemishinona Falls: 14.3 mi
Lower Minneopa Falls: 15.7 mi
Upper Minneopa Falls: 15.7 mi
Swan Lake Fall: 16.6 mi

Artworks5

Sesquicentennial Statue: 2.9 mi
Buffalo: 12.6 mi
Mni Mural: 12.6 mi
Winter Warrior: 12.6 mi
Mni Mural: 12.6 mi

Gardens5

Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 13.2 mi
Heart and Soil Community Garden: 13.6 mi
Betty Todd Troost Memorial Garden: 14.2 mi
Janesville Community Gardens: 18.2 mi
Community Garden: 21.9 mi

Beaches2

Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 11.6 mi
Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 11.7 mi

Attractions2

Voyager Valley Teepee: 18.4 mi
Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 23.7 mi

Peaks1

Mount Krystosek: 19.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:50	19:28
June solstice	05:32	20:20	21:04
September equinox	07:04	18:37	19:15
December solstice	07:49	15:52	16:40

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	13	17	30	44	57	67	72	69	60	47	32	19
Precip in	1.0	1.0	1.8	3.1	4.0	5.1	4.4	3.6	3.2	2.5	1.7	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Peter, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657657

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