Sucker Lake Wildlife Management Area
Sucker Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 463 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gill Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.0 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 9.6 mi off the Lake Country Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Headwaters · 4 mi
98 named places within 25 miles
- Gill Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Iron Springs Bog SNA: 1.7 mi
- Mallard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Robinson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Sugar Bush Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Long Lake Park: 2.2 mi
- Itasca State Park: 6.6 mi
- La Salle Lake State Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 9.1 mi
- Roy Lake Park: 14.0 mi
- Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 3.5 mi
- Lakeside Museum: 4.0 mi
- Clearwater County History Center: 18.5 mi
- Headwaters Science Center: 23.6 mi
- Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Statue: 23.6 mi
- Shaynowishkung: 23.7 mi
- Origami Bird: 23.9 mi
- Science Arch: 24.3 mi
- Height of Land Lookout: 10.7 mi
- Strawberry Mountain: 12.7 mi
- South Shore Beach: 24.0 mi
- Diamond Point Beach: 24.6 mi
- Council Ring: 4.5 mi
- Clearwater County Veterans Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Gitigaan Garden: 24.3 mi
- Smoky Hills Wayside: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sucker Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height of Land Lookout | W 259° | 611 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:34 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 15:42 | 16:34 |
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 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 42 | 27 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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