Nature reserve · Minnesota

Sponsa Wildlife Management Area

Sponsa Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Sponsa Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 396 m. The nearest named place is Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt Wildlife Management Area, South Unit, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.85220, -94.62813

12.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
17.5 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

135 named places within 25 miles

Parks60

Upsala City Park: 4.2 mi
Swanville City Park: 4.3 mi
St Rosa Park: 9.4 mi
Lake Sylvia Wayside: 10.7 mi
Bowlus Park: 11.0 mi

Nature reserves57

Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt Wildlife Management Area, South Unit: 1.6 mi
Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Clare Johnson - Carl W. Schmidt Wildlife Management Area, Large Marsh Unit: 2.7 mi
Ireland Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Buckhorn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi

Museums7

Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 13.4 mi
Todd County Museum: 14.0 mi
Christie House Museum: 14.1 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 15.0 mi
Melrose Area Museum: 15.1 mi

Peaks2

The Mound: 2.6 mi
Eagle Mountain: 3.0 mi

Rest areas2

Big Spunk Lake Rest Stop: 18.5 mi
Middle Spunk Rest Stop: 18.6 mi

Beaches2

Avon Beach: 18.6 mi
Saint John's Beach: 22.1 mi

Attractions2

Saint John's Pottery Studio: 21.9 mi
Maple Sugar Shack: 22.4 mi

Historic sites2

Stone Gate: 22.1 mi
Veterans' Memorial: 24.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Area 6: 21.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:52	19:31
June solstice	05:29	20:27	21:13
September equinox	07:06	18:39	19:18
December solstice	07:58	15:47	16:37

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	10	14	27	42	56	67	70	68	59	45	30	17
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.4	2.6	3.6	4.2	4.3	3.8	2.8	2.8	1.2	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Melrose, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656793

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