Nature reserve · Minnesota

Sioux Indian Wildlife Management Area

Sioux Indian Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Sioux Indian Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. The nearest named place is Ten-Well Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.91630, -95.96410

7.9 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
11.3 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Ten-Well Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
Dawson Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
Riverside Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
Baxter Wildlife Management Area, Baxter Main Unit: 3.6 mi
Michaelson Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi

Parks10

Dawson Veterans Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
J Harley Smith Park: 11.8 mi
Windom Park: 12.0 mi
Chinhinta Park: 12.2 mi
Larson Park: 12.5 mi

Museums8

Lac qui Parle County Museum: 12.9 mi
Arv Hus Museum: 13.7 mi
Swensson Farm Museum: 18.4 mi
Yellow Medicine County Historical Society and Museum: 21.9 mi
Yellow Medicine County Museum: 22.4 mi

Attractions3

Gnome Park: 4.2 mi
Boyd House: 5.5 mi
Minnesota Machinery Museum: 22.9 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 17.6 mi

Peaks1

Mount Wickham: 19.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:28	18:58	19:36
June solstice	05:38	20:29	21:15
September equinox	07:12	18:45	19:23
December solstice	08:00	15:57	16:46

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	29	44	57	67	71	69	61	47	31	18
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.9	2.5	3.7	4.4	3.8	4.0	3.0	2.5	1.6	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montevideo 1SW, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657350

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