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St. Leo Wildlife Management Area

St. Leo Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

St. Leo Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.77607, -96.06576
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 14
  • Dawson Veterans Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
  • Oraas Park: 14.0 mi
  • Legion Park: 19.8 mi
  • Vermeersch Memorial Park: 20.3 mi
  • J Harley Smith Park: 20.3 mi
Museums: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Boyd House: 9.5 mi
  • Gnome Park: 11.1 mi
  • Minnesota Machinery Museum: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Barckes Corner: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Mount Wickham: 19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5819:37
June solstice05:3920:2921:14
September equinox07:1218:4519:24
December solstice07:5915:5816:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141930445768727062483320
Precip in0.80.91.52.83.44.13.33.42.82.41.41.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canby, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656769

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