Prairie Creek Wildlife Management Area
Prairie Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 23 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Spring Lake Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- City Park: 0.4 mi
- Caron Park: 4.6 mi
- Meadows Park: 7.0 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 7.1 mi
- Wheeler Park: 7.3 mi
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 1.4 mi
- Prairie Creek Woods SNA: 1.7 mi
- Grace Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Cannon River Wilderness Park: 7.6 mi
- Rachel Carson Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Kenyon Area Historical Society at the Gunderson House: 6.5 mi
- Northfield Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Rice County Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Cannon Falls Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- Millersburg School: 13.8 mi
- Northfield Area Veterans Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza: 8.7 mi
- Civil War Monument: 8.7 mi
- First marriage in Northfield: 8.7 mi
- Archibald Mill Ruins: 8.8 mi
- Voices, Thoughts, & Spirits in the Wind: 8.3 mi
- Harvest: 8.7 mi
- Love Windmill: 8.7 mi
- Young Sculptor's Project: 8.7 mi
- 5th Street Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Northfield Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden: 7.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.6 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 8.6 mi
- Bee Garden: 8.6 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 9.6 mi
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 13.8 mi
- Pine Cheese Mart: 24.2 mi
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 12.9 mi
- New Market Rest Area - Southbound: 18.1 mi
- Claybank Pits: 23.9 mi
- wayside rest: 24.6 mi
- Hill of Three Oaks: 8.8 mi
- West Praire Hill: 10.8 mi
- East Prairie Hill: 10.8 mi
- Friendship Point: 12.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.6 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 4.7 mi
- Molly Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 12.8 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 12.8 mi
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 21.1 mi
- fire ring: 12.6 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prairie Hill | N 11° | 297 m | 10.8 mi |
| West Praire Hill | N 10° | 294 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:16 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:48 | 16:36 |
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 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 47 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faribault, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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