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Rice-Skunk Wildlife Management Area, Skunk Lake East Unit

Rice-Skunk Wildlife Management Area, Skunk Lake East Unit from directly overhead

Rice-Skunk Wildlife Management Area, Skunk Lake East Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. The nearest named place is Rice-Skunk Wildlife Management Area, Skunk Lake West Unit, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 7.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates45.91744, -94.21729

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Genola City Ball Park: 5.3 mi
  • Genola Park and Campground: 5.7 mi
  • Buckman City Ballpark: 6.0 mi
  • Family Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
  • Royalton Splash Park: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 3
Peaks: 2
  • The Mound: 22.8 mi
  • Eagle Mountain: 23.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial: 24.0 mi
  • Stone Gate: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Paul Bunyan Statue: 24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5019:29
June solstice05:2720:2521:12
September equinox07:0518:3719:16
December solstice07:5615:4516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831455868737062483219
Precip in0.80.71.32.33.34.33.73.33.02.41.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls 2nne, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657994

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