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Spartina Wildlife Management Area

Spartina Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Spartina Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. East Prairie Hill stands 297 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Excel Gardens, a garden 0.7 miles away. Grand Rounds Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60634, -93.30625

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • New Market Township Park: 2.1 mi
  • Little Windrose Park: 2.8 mi
  • Chadwick Park: 3.2 mi
  • Windrose Park: 3.2 mi
  • Pexa Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Kachina Court Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
  • Chub Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
  • Water Treatment Facility Conservation Area: 5.9 mi
  • Zweber Woods Conservation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Goose Lake Conservation Area: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Memorial Chime Tower: 11.7 mi
  • Ampitheater: 12.5 mi
  • Santa's Cottage: 12.6 mi
  • RipCord: 15.0 mi
  • Northern Lights: 15.0 mi
Artworks
Museums: 37
  • Millersburg School: 12.4 mi
  • Northfield Historical Society: 12.6 mi
  • Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center: 13.4 mi
  • Gopher State Railway Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Bloomington Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 30
Picnic sites: 13
  • Picnic Point Pavilion: 15.0 mi
  • Woodcrest: 15.5 mi
  • fire ring: 18.7 mi
  • Wabun G: 21.9 mi
  • Wabun F: 21.9 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Hill of Three Oaks: 12.6 mi
  • West Praire Hill: 15.3 mi
  • East Prairie Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Sky Hill Park Overlook: 16.3 mi
  • Mount Gilboa: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Robinson's Rocks: 20.4 mi
  • Minnehaha Falls: 21.9 mi
  • West Clay Pit: 23.5 mi
  • Middle Clay Pit: 23.6 mi
  • East Clay Pit: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • Boiling Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Coldwater Spring: 20.9 mi
  • White Worm Springs: 24.5 mi
  • Hajduk Spring: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Prairie HillESE 118°297 m15.5 mi
West Praire HillESE 118°294 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2920:1821:03
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:4815:4816:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152033465868727062493421
Precip in1.00.81.72.73.94.94.24.43.22.71.61.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657473

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