Nature reserve · Minnesota

Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area

Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Great River Road passes 31 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.83534, -93.87650

31.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
13.8 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
28.1 mi off the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.2 mi
Patterson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.3 mi
Schneewind Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
Gravel Pit 1748 Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
Gravel Pit 2749 Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi

Parks

Meadow Park: 3.1 mi
Waconia City Park: 3.2 mi
Bent Creek Park: 3.5 mi
Old Schoolhouse Park: 3.7 mi
Waterford Park: 4.0 mi

Attractions

Arboretum Apple House: 12.0 mi
Queen's Gate: 14.8 mi
Narrow Market: 14.8 mi
Cartwheel Cove: 14.8 mi
Treetop Round: 14.9 mi

Gardens56

Weeping Trees: 12.4 mi
Small Trees: 12.4 mi
Prairie: 12.4 mi
Paririe Garden: 12.4 mi
Spruce: 12.4 mi

Artworks45

Prairie Garden;Disc Spiral: 12.4 mi
Night Wind Sign: 12.6 mi
Night Gesture: 12.6 mi
Epidauros II: 12.6 mi
Stone Arch: 12.6 mi

Historic sites23

Missile: 8.0 mi
MS-70 Nike Missile Control Site (historic): 9.1 mi
MS-70 Nike Missile Launch Site (historic): 9.4 mi
Crosby Rock: 9.9 mi
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins: 11.0 mi

Beaches23

Clayhole Beach: 13.7 mi
Casco Point Beach: 14.1 mi
Crescent Beach: 14.4 mi
Lydiard Beach: 14.8 mi
Sandy Beach: 14.8 mi

Museums16

Berens Cabin: 12.7 mi
S. B. Strait House: 14.6 mi
Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Museum: 15.8 mi
Museum of Lake MInnetonka: 15.9 mi
Minnesota Streetcar Museum: 16.1 mi

Picnic sites4

Covered pavillion: 7.1 mi
North Lotus Lake Park Picnic Shelter: 17.4 mi
Picnic Point Pavilion: 21.0 mi
Woodcrest: 24.8 mi

Ghost towns3

San Francisco: 12.8 mi
Dickinson: 19.8 mi
Lake Addie: 24.3 mi

Springs1

Boiling Springs: 23.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:49	19:28
June solstice	05:30	20:21	21:06
September equinox	07:03	18:36	19:15
December solstice	07:51	15:49	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	13	17	30	44	56	67	71	69	62	47	33	20
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.2	4.4	5.3	4.1	4.6	3.3	2.8	1.7	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chaska 2NW, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657729

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