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Sugar Bush Lake Wildlife Management Area

Sugar Bush Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Sugar Bush Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 535 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the west, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Frellsen Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 4.5 miles off. 69 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

Coordinates47.22205, -95.35229

Overlooks nearby

69 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 16
  • Long Lake Park: 4.7 mi
  • Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 5.3 mi
  • Itasca State Park: 7.2 mi
  • City Park: 10.9 mi
  • La Salle Lake State Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
Museums: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Height of Land Lookout: 7.1 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 9.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Council Ring: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Smoky Hills Wayside: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Height of Land LookoutW 276°611 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5419:34
June solstice05:2620:3421:22
September equinox07:0918:4119:21
December solstice08:0615:4216:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F61124395262676556422714
Precip in0.80.71.22.03.24.63.53.23.12.91.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656710

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