Nature reserve · Minnesota

Otter Point Wildlife Management Area

Otter Point Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Otter Point Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. The nearest named place is Belle Prairie Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.5 miles off. 117 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

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates46.05815, -94.33857

0.5 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

117 named places within 25 miles

Parks49

Belle Prairie Park: 1.5 mi
Le Bourget Park: 5.6 mi
Kiwanis Park: 5.7 mi
Pine Grove Zoo: 5.8 mi
Maple Island Park: 5.9 mi

Nature reserves49

Ereaux Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
Popple Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Neitermeier Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
Little Nokasippi River Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
Rice-Skunk Wildlife Management Area, Rice Lake Unit: 8.9 mi

Museums6

Minnesota Military Museum: 1.6 mi
Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 1.8 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 5.8 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 7.6 mi
Crow Wing County Historical Society and Museum: 21.5 mi

Gardens5

Secret Garden: 21.5 mi
Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 21.5 mi
Gazebo Garden: 21.5 mi
G101 & Giving Garden: 21.6 mi
Memorial Garden: 21.7 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnic Area 6: 7.1 mi
Picnic Area 5: 17.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Old Crow Wing: 15.1 mi
Philbrook: 23.9 mi

Peaks2

The Mound: 22.4 mi
Eagle Mountain: 22.9 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 14.0 mi

Artworks1

Paul Bunyan Statue: 14.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:50	19:30
June solstice	05:27	20:26	21:13
September equinox	07:05	18:37	19:17
December solstice	07:57	15:45	16:35

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	14	18	31	45	58	68	73	70	62	48	32	19
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	3.3	4.3	3.7	3.3	3.0	2.4	1.3	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls 2nne, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657655

More nature reserves in Minnesota

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More nature reserves

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Otter Point Wildlife Management Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.