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Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Shell Rock Unit

Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Shell Rock Unit from directly overhead

Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Shell Rock Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 371 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanson Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 80 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.50156, -93.27430

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Worth County Fairgrounds: 4.7 mi
  • Swensrud Park: 4.8 mi
  • Hurd Park: 4.8 mi
  • Central Park: 4.9 mi
  • Kuennen's Quarry: 7.0 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 4
  • Mower County Fairgrounds: 17.9 mi
  • Lansing Corners: 22.1 mi
  • Rancho Deluxe: 24.4 mi
  • The Music Man Square: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Iowa Welcome Center: 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Albert Lea Beach: 11.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring of Winnebago River: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Knob: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Panicum Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Shell Rock Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobSW 219°443 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:26
June solstice05:3320:1520:58
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:4415:5316:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131730435666696759463219
Precip in1.11.02.03.84.85.14.73.93.32.71.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northwood, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657651

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