Nature reserve · Minnesota

Swamp Lake Wildlife Management Area

Swamp Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Swamp Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 395 m. The nearest named place is Jewett Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.43600, -93.45604

Around it

82 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves48

Jewett Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Rabbit Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
Kimberly Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Section 19 South Unit: 7.1 mi
Woross Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Kimberly Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Section 19 North Unit: 7.5 mi

Parks19

Wayside Park: 7.7 mi
Hogsback Beach: 7.8 mi
Aitkin City Park: 13.8 mi
Aitkin County Fairgrounds: 13.8 mi
Axtell Technical Riding Area: 14.1 mi

Historic sites5

Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
VFW Tank: 14.0 mi
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 24.1 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 24.2 mi
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir: 24.2 mi

Museums4

Northern Pacific Depot: 13.7 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Museum: 22.9 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post: 23.0 mi
Soo Line Depot Museum: 23.7 mi

Rest areas3

MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 14.0 mi
Tamarack Wayside Rest: 21.3 mi
Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 24.1 mi

Artworks3

Giant Walleye: 20.1 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 21.3 mi
Serpent Lake: 24.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:47	19:26
June solstice	05:22	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:01	18:34	19:13
December solstice	07:55	15:39	16:30

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	9	14	27	41	54	63	68	66	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.5	3.1	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Isle 12N, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656732

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