Nature reserve · Minnesota

Salo Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit

Salo Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit from directly overhead

Salo Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 391 m. The nearest named place is Salo Marsh Wildlife Management Area, West 40 Unit, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive passes 29 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates46.59961, -93.08119

29.4 mi off the Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive

Around it

60 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves38

Salo Marsh Wildlife Management Area, West 40 Unit: 1.1 mi
Lawler Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
Lawler Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
Grayling Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
Mcgregor Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi

Parks10

Tamarack City Park: 3.8 mi
Wright Park: 6.1 mi
Cromwell Park: 11.0 mi
Axtell Technical Riding Area: 13.2 mi
Moose Lake State Park: 19.4 mi

Rest areas5

Tamarack Wayside Rest: 3.8 mi
MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 10.4 mi
Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 16.7 mi
General Andrews Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Culkin Rest Area: 23.1 mi

Historic sites4

Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 16.8 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 16.8 mi
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir: 16.8 mi

Museums2

Moose Lake Depot Museum: 17.9 mi
Culver Museum: 21.0 mi

Peaks1

Sugarloaf: 19.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:45	19:25
June solstice	05:20	20:23	21:10
September equinox	07:00	18:32	19:12
December solstice	07:54	15:37	16:28

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	8	12	25	38	50	59	64	62	55	42	27	14
Precip in	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.3	3.5	4.7	4.4	4.1	3.2	3.3	1.5	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wright 3 E, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657079

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