Nature reserve · Minnesota

Rice Lake State Park

Rice Lake State Park from directly overhead

Rice Lake State Park is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. The nearest named place is Rice Lake, a ghost town 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 38 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.09008, -93.05745

38.0 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Westside Park: 4.2 mi
Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
Henning Park: 4.4 mi
Countryview Park: 6.3 mi
Mineral Springs Park: 6.9 mi

Nature reserves54

Vorce Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
McMartin Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
Naylor Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 6.0 mi
Marsh Wren Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Wasioja Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi

Museums26

Steele County Historical Society: 8.1 mi
Pillsbury Academy Cannon: 8.1 mi
Print Shop: 8.1 mi
Saco Church (St. Wenceslas Church of Morvia): 8.1 mi
Dunnel House: 8.1 mi

Picnic sites13

2nd Bridge: 20.0 mi
2nd Bridge: 20.0 mi
Campground: 20.0 mi
Campground: 20.0 mi
Campground: 20.1 mi

Historic sites10

Steele County Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
Wasioja Seminary Ruins: 12.0 mi
Welcome to Hayfield: 16.9 mi
Alexander Faribault House: 17.3 mi
Rice County Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi

Artworks5

Lighter Than Some: 9.7 mi
Regeneration: 9.7 mi
P.O.W. M.I.A. Memorial: 19.8 mi
Byron Bear: 20.4 mi
Between Earth and Sky: 24.6 mi

Attractions5

Dodge County Fairgrounds: 15.9 mi
Rice County Fairgrounds: 18.7 mi
Tweite's Pumpkin Patch: 19.5 mi
Pine Cheese Mart: 22.7 mi
Lansing Corners: 23.9 mi

Waterfalls3

Hidden Falls: 18.0 mi
Molly Falls: 18.7 mi
Caron Park Falls: 18.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Rice Lake: 1.5 mi
Fairpoint: 12.2 mi

Gardens2

Northfield Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden: 24.5 mi

Beaches1

Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 9.5 mi

Rest areas1

John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 24.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:47	19:25
June solstice	05:30	20:15	21:00
September equinox	07:00	18:33	19:12
December solstice	07:45	15:50	16:37

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	31	45	57	68	72	70	62	48	33	20
Precip in	0.9	0.9	2.0	3.2	4.6	5.3	4.8	4.8	3.8	2.5	1.7	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/39876401

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