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Sheets Lake Wildlife Management Area

Sheets Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Sheets Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 390 m. Mount Nebo stands 460 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Browerville Public Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 23 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.08449, -94.83564

110 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Browerville Public Park: 1.5 mi
  • Browerville Sports Complex: 2.0 mi
  • Locke Circle Park: 7.9 mi
  • Sylvan Shores Community Park: 9.8 mi
  • Nelson Park: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • The Mound: 18.9 mi
  • Eagle Mountain: 19.3 mi
  • Mount Nebo: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans' Memorial: 6.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Clock: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Parkers Prairie Community Garden: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNW 325°460 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5219:32
June solstice05:2920:2821:15
September equinox07:0718:3919:19
December solstice07:5915:4716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91326405364686657442915
Precip in1.00.91.52.73.54.64.63.43.32.91.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Prairie, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657284

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