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Red Eye Wildlife Management Area

Red Eye Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Red Eye Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 425 m. Mount Nebo stands 460 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kitten Creek Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 35 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.69161, -95.08288

85 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
  • Memorial Forest Park: 3.6 mi
  • Menahga Beach Park: 4.2 mi
  • Stocking Lake Public Water Access: 4.7 mi
  • Anderson's Crossing: 9.4 mi
  • Stigman’s Mound Park: 10.2 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 3
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
  • Captain Black's Cabin: 17.3 mi
  • Continental Divide Monument: 18.4 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Blueberry Hill: 20.1 mi
  • Mount Nebo: 23.2 mi
  • Toad Mountain: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Statue of St. Urho: 4.1 mi
  • World's Largest Tiger Muskie: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Attractions: 2
  • 1: 17.4 mi
  • 2: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Blacks Grove: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Eye Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboS 183°460 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5319:33
June solstice05:2720:3121:18
September equinox07:0818:4019:20
December solstice08:0315:4416:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81226415464696758442814
Precip in0.40.41.01.73.14.13.92.82.72.40.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Rapids Muni AP, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657939

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