Nature reserve · Minnesota

Rearing Pond Trails

Rearing Pond Trails from directly overhead

Rearing Pond Trails is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 404 m. Inspiration Peak stands 533 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Glendalough State Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Otter Trail Scenic Byway runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Otter Tail Water Management District

Getting there

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Coordinates46.35943, -95.66075

On the Otter Trail Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Inspiration Peak · 16 mi
Hallaway's Hill · 20 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Clitherall Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
Davies Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
Amor Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
Dead Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Head Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi

Parks55

Glendalough State Park: 1.7 mi
God's Acres: 5.3 mi
Halverson Park: 5.6 mi
Phelps Mill Park: 7.8 mi
CIty park: 9.0 mi

Museums19

History Museum of East Otter Tail County: 16.9 mi
ITOW Veterans Museum: 17.0 mi
Finn Creek Museum: 17.0 mi
Cultural Center: 17.5 mi
Gas Engine Building: 17.7 mi

Artworks8

Inukshuk: 15.7 mi
Otto the Otter: 19.9 mi
Angel of Hope Statue: 20.0 mi
Joe Whitford Statue: 20.2 mi
George B. Whight Statue: 20.6 mi

Rest areas5

Otter Tail Rest Area: 4.0 mi
Battle Lake Wayside Rest: 5.5 mi
Hansel Lake Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Co Hwy 88 Rest Area: 20.8 mi
US-10 Frazee Rest Area: 24.6 mi

Peaks4

Black Peak: 13.0 mi
Inspiration Peak: 16.0 mi
Eddy: 17.1 mi
Blueberry Hill: 17.3 mi

Historic sites3

Continental Divide Monument: 17.4 mi
Broken Down Dam: 17.9 mi
Captain Black's Cabin: 22.8 mi

Beaches2

Battle Lake Public Beach: 5.0 mi
Pebble Lake Swimming Beach: 19.5 mi

Attractions2

2: 22.9 mi
1: 22.9 mi

Gardens1

Parkers Prairie Community Garden: 21.3 mi

Picnic sites1

Blacks Grove: 22.9 mi

Ghost towns1

Pomme de Terre: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rearing Pond Trails. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Inspiration Peak	SSE 165°	533 m	16.0 mi
Black Peak	ESE 120°	519 m	13.0 mi
Eddy	WNW 300°	506 m	17.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:27	18:56	19:35
June solstice	05:31	20:33	21:19
September equinox	07:10	18:43	19:22
December solstice	08:04	15:48	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	8	13	26	41	55	65	69	68	59	45	29	15
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.4	4.8	4.3	3.3	3.2	2.7	1.1	0.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656723

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