Nature reserve · Minnesota

Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area

Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 321 m. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.81007, -94.44376

28.5 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
44.9 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
Ras-Lynn Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
Daak Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Mark and Ursel Smith Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
Pebbles Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi

Parks

Driftriders Park: 4.4 mi
McLeod County Fairgrounds: 5.2 mi
Junior Community Women Park: 5.7 mi
Roberts Park: 5.7 mi
Linden Park: 5.8 mi

Museums9

Wheel and Cog: 5.6 mi
McLeod County Historical Society / Museum: 6.3 mi
Depot Museum: 19.8 mi
Twine Ball Museum: 19.9 mi
Dassel History Center and Ergot Museum: 20.2 mi

Historic sites9

Hutchinson Brothers: 6.8 mi
Tank: 6.9 mi
All Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
Chief Little Crow: 12.5 mi
Glencoe Fort: 14.2 mi

Gardens4

Monarch Waystation: 14.3 mi
Monarch Waystation: 14.3 mi
Helping Hands Garden: 14.4 mi
Anderson Gardens: 21.2 mi

Ghost towns3

Heatwole: 2.7 mi
Lake Addie: 4.4 mi
Fernando: 11.0 mi

Artworks1

Chief Little Crow: 6.9 mi

Peaks1

King's Hill: 19.8 mi

Attractions1

World's Largest Ball of Twine Made By One Man: 19.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:52	19:30
June solstice	05:33	20:23	21:08
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:17
December solstice	07:53	15:52	16:40

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	12	16	29	44	57	68	71	69	61	47	32	19
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.3	5.2	3.5	4.4	3.2	2.6	1.3	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownton Wwtp, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657935

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