Nature reserve · Minnesota

Paddy Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Paddy Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Paddy Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.33185, -93.70179

43.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
10.4 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Overlooks nearby

North Overlook · 22 mi
South Overlook · 22 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Paddy Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
Chadderdon Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
Shanghai Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
Cordova Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
Cordova Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi

Parks

South Park: 3.8 mi
Courthouse Park: 4.2 mi
Centennial Park: 4.4 mi
North Park: 4.6 mi
Cherry Valley Park: 6.8 mi

Museums18

Le Sueur County Museum: 9.1 mi
Le Sueur County Museum: 9.1 mi
Treaty Site History Center Museum: 12.3 mi
E. St. Julien Cox House: 12.8 mi
Le Sueur Museum: 13.8 mi

Historic sites14

Veteran's Memorial: 7.1 mi
POW/MIA Memorial: 14.7 mi
Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
New Prague Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
U.S.-Dakota War Historic Marker: 18.7 mi

Gardens6

Janesville Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
Community Garden: 15.9 mi
Henderson Hummingbird Garden: 17.1 mi
Cedar Brook Sculpture Garden: 18.7 mi
Heart and Soil Community Garden: 19.7 mi

Artworks5

Sesquicentennial Statue: 13.4 mi
Winter Warrior: 18.7 mi
Buffalo: 18.7 mi
Mni Mural: 18.7 mi
Mni Mural: 18.8 mi

Waterfalls4

Minnemishinona Falls: 22.0 mi
Minnewankon Falls: 22.4 mi
Lower Minneopa Falls: 23.0 mi
Upper Minneopa Falls: 23.0 mi

Attractions3

Voyager Valley Teepee: 14.3 mi
Rice County Fairgrounds: 21.1 mi
Minnesota Harvest Craft Cider Bar & Orchard: 21.3 mi

Beaches3

Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 18.5 mi
Hiniker Pond Public Beach: 18.6 mi
Sand Creek Reservoir Swimming Area: 23.1 mi

Rest areas2

Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 22.0 mi
New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 25.0 mi

Peaks1

Mount Krystosek: 9.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:49	19:27
June solstice	05:31	20:19	21:03
September equinox	07:03	18:36	19:14
December solstice	07:48	15:51	16:39

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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657669

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