Nature reserve · Minnesota

Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, East Unit

Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, East Unit from directly overhead

Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, East Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 381 m. The nearest named place is Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, West Unit, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 9.6 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.40578, -93.62806

9.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
28.1 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

81 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves46

Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 3.3 mi
Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, Access Unit: 4.9 mi
Rabbit Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
Farm Island Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
Swamp Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi

Parks24

Hogsback Beach: 3.4 mi
Wayside Park: 6.9 mi
Aitkin City Park: 9.5 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 10.2 mi

Museums4

Northern Pacific Depot: 9.5 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 16.2 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Museum: 17.0 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post: 17.0 mi

Artworks3

Giant Walleye: 12.1 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 13.7 mi
Serpent Lake: 16.4 mi

Historic sites2

Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
VFW Tank: 10.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Manganese: 20.0 mi

Rest areas1

MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 20.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:47	19:27
June solstice	05:23	20:25	21:11
September equinox	07:02	18:34	19:14
December solstice	07:56	15:40	16:31

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	9	14	27	41	54	63	68	66	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.5	3.1	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Isle 12N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656869

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