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Root River Wildlife Management Area

Root River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Root River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Sugar Loaf stands 370 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mound Prairie Wildlife Management Area, West Unit, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway runs past it. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.76675, -91.44881

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 4.7 mi
  • Wieser Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
  • Valley South Park: 7.4 mi
  • Lancer Environmental Park: 7.5 mi
  • Stoney Point Park: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Peaks: 22
  • Cushings Peak: 9.1 mi
  • Cliffwood Bluff: 12.2 mi
  • Hedgehog Bluff: 12.3 mi
  • Grandad Bluff: 12.3 mi
  • Miller Bluff: 12.5 mi
Museums: 21
  • Visitors Center: 9.7 mi
  • Dahl Auto Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Riverside Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Children's Museum of La Crosse: 10.4 mi
  • Historic Hixon House Museum: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 15
Artworks: 9
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Highway 76 Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Little Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Whispering Hills Spring: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Riverside International Friendship Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Root River Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafNNW 334°370 m20.1 mi
Decorah MoundNNE 18°359 m22.7 mi
Bunker HillESE 115°356 m18.5 mi
Decorah PeakNNE 17°354 m22.4 mi
Miller BluffENE 70°343 m12.5 mi
SugarloafENE 56°343 m15.0 mi
Hedgehog BluffE 82°309 m12.3 mi
Grandad BluffENE 75°308 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4019:18
June solstice05:2520:0820:52
September equinox06:5418:2719:05
December solstice07:3715:4516:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192235496070747264523725
Precip in1.21.21.94.15.15.44.24.33.93.02.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Crescent DAM 7, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1067919857

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