Nature reserve · Minnesota
Swan Wildlife Management Area
Swan Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. The nearest named place is Prairie Rose Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
Coordinates44.12210, -93.33661
- 43.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
Parks
- Lake Chase Park: 5.0 mi
- Canoe Launch: 5.0 mi
- Children's Monument: 5.2 mi
- Leo Rudolph Nature Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Summer Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 28
- Union Depot (Historic): 5.3 mi
- Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum: 5.4 mi
- Farm Machinery Building: 6.9 mi
- Bixby Depot: 6.9 mi
- Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Caboose: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 14
- Regeneration: 4.3 mi
- Lighter Than Some: 4.3 mi
- Between Earth and Sky: 22.2 mi
- Voices, Thoughts, & Spirits in the Wind: 24.4 mi
- Love Windmill: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Steele County Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Alexander Faribault House: 12.2 mi
- Rice County Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
- POW/MIA Memorial: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 8
- Janesville Community Gardens: 18.4 mi
- Northfield Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- Ruth Nutting Memorial Garden: 23.6 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 24.4 mi
- Bee Garden: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 4
- Rice County Fairgrounds: 13.4 mi
- Voyager Valley Teepee: 18.1 mi
- Memorial Chime Tower: 24.6 mi
- Santa's Cottage: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Molly Falls: 17.9 mi
- Caron Park Falls: 17.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- John Liebenstein Memorial Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Heath Creek Rest Area - Northbound: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 1
- Mount Krystosek: 13.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:51 | 16:38 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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