Nature reserve · Minnesota

Roberts-Wickstrom Wildlife Management Area, East Unit

Roberts-Wickstrom Wildlife Management Area, East Unit from directly overhead

Roberts-Wickstrom Wildlife Management Area, East Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. The nearest named place is Roberts-Wickstrom Wildlife Management Area, West Unit, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.4 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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Coordinates46.74200, -93.47489

1.4 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

66 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves42

Roberts-Wickstrom Wildlife Management Area, West Unit: 1.3 mi
Wold Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
Wold Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
Willowsippi Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
Sandy Lake Resevoir Wildlife Management Area, Sandy River Lake Unit: 7.3 mi

Parks11

Berglund County Park: 2.3 mi
Axtell Technical Riding Area: 9.7 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 17.8 mi
Tamarack City Park: 17.8 mi
Aitkin County Parks: 17.9 mi

Historic sites7

The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 7.3 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 7.4 mi
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir: 7.4 mi
VFW Tank: 17.7 mi
Veterans Memorial: 18.1 mi

Rest areas3

Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 7.3 mi
MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 12.4 mi
Tamarack Wayside Rest: 17.8 mi

Peaks1

Quadna Mountain: 16.2 mi

Beaches1

Hill lake Beach: 18.2 mi

Museums1

Northern Pacific Depot: 18.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:47	19:27
June solstice	05:21	20:25	21:12
September equinox	07:01	18:34	19:14
December solstice	07:57	15:37	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	9	13	26	40	54	64	68	67	58	44	30	15

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandy Lake DAM Libby, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656883

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