Nature reserve · Minnesota

Shaokatan Wildlife Management Area

Shaokatan Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Shaokatan Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 536 m. The nearest named place is Expectation Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.44999, -96.39903

5.8 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Expectation Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Blue Wing Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
Blue Wing Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
Kvermo Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
Blue Wing Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi

Parks41

Ardor Square: 4.0 mi
Picnic Point County Park: 4.0 mi
Froiland Field: 4.1 mi
Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
Lake Hendricks State Recreation & Lakeside Use Area: 4.3 mi

Museums4

Lincoln County Pioneer Museum: 4.2 mi
Heritage Center: 14.2 mi
South Dakota Art Museum: 21.3 mi
South Dakota Children's Museum: 21.9 mi

Artworks3

HGC Eagle Carving: 4.9 mi
Brookings Arts Council Sculpture 94: 21.0 mi
Touchdown Jesus: 21.8 mi

Beaches1

Lake Hendricks Public Beach: 4.2 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	19:00	19:38
June solstice	05:42	20:30	21:14
September equinox	07:13	18:47	19:25
December solstice	08:00	16:01	16:49

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	12	16	28	42	55	65	70	68	60	46	31	18

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Astoria 4S, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657303

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