Nature reserve · Minnesota

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. The nearest named place is Kimberly Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Section 19 South Unit, a nature reserve 3.4 miles away. 57 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.52898, -93.35459

Around it

57 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves37

Parks10

Axtell Technical Riding Area: 6.8 mi
Tamarack City Park: 13.5 mi
Berglund County Park: 14.0 mi
Wayside Park: 15.7 mi
Hogsback Beach: 15.7 mi

Historic sites6

Veterans Memorial: 16.6 mi
VFW Tank: 16.8 mi
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 17.0 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 17.0 mi
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir: 17.0 mi

Rest areas3

MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 6.0 mi
Tamarack Wayside Rest: 13.5 mi
Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 17.0 mi

Museums1

Northern Pacific Depot: 16.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:46	19:26
June solstice	05:21	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:01	18:33	19:13
December solstice	07:55	15:38	16:29

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	10	14	26	40	53	63	68	65	57	44	30	17
Precip in	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	3.8	4.4	4.7	3.3	3.1	2.9	1.7	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aitkin 2E, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Trumpeter Swan28 obs
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth10 obs
Blue-winged Teal10 obs
Common Loon9 obs
Eastern Bluebird9 obs
yellow lady's slipper9 obs
bloodroot9 obs
Autumn Meadowhawk9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1221636517

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