Nature reserve · Minnesota

Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area

Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Great River Road passes 10 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates46.33332, -93.82659

10.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
24.4 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National

Around it

99 named places within 25 miles

Parks39

Jake Regan Park: 2.6 mi
Garrison Concourse Wayside Park: 2.7 mi
Elmer Park: 10.3 mi
Veteran's Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
Deerwood City Park: 10.4 mi

Nature reserves38

Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
Hesitation Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Farm Island Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Ripple River Wildlife Management Area, Access Unit: 6.8 mi
Harold & Marie Deutsch Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi

Museums6

Mille Lacs Indian Museum: 11.3 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post: 11.4 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 11.9 mi
Northern Pacific Depot: 14.8 mi
WonderTrek Children's Museum: 16.9 mi

Gardens5

Gazebo Garden: 19.1 mi
Secret Garden: 19.1 mi
Memorial Garden: 19.1 mi
Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 19.2 mi
G101 & Giving Garden: 19.3 mi

Artworks4

Giant Walleye: 2.7 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 10.3 mi
Serpent Lake: 11.8 mi
Paul Bunyan Statue: 24.1 mi

Historic sites4

Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
VFW Tank: 15.5 mi
Miler Castle: 20.0 mi
Miller Castle: 20.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Manganese: 16.0 mi
Old Crow Wing: 24.7 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 24.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:24	20:25	21:12
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:15
December solstice	07:56	15:41	16:32

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	11	16	29	43	55	65	70	67	59	45	31	17
Precip in	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.6	3.3	4.0	4.3	3.1	2.6	2.4	0.9	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brainerd Crow Wing CO AP, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657023

More nature reserves in Minnesota

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More nature reserves

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Round-Rice Bed Wildlife Management Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.