Nature reserve · Minnesota

Tamarac Wildlife Management Area

Tamarac Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Tamarac Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 390 m. Mount Tom stands 419 m to the south-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward Raymond Mohs Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.45824, -95.10642

5.1 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Edward Raymond Mohs Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Fish Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
Norman T. Dahlman Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
Milton Kjeldahl Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
Little Joe Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi

Parks

Brooten Park: 2.7 mi
City Park: 3.1 mi
Games Lake County Park: 9.3 mi
Sibley State Park: 9.9 mi
Monson Lake State Park: 12.4 mi

Museums4

Pope County Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
Paynesville Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
Melrose Area Museum: 20.7 mi
Kandiyohi County Historical Society Museum: 23.1 mi

Peaks3

Mount Tom: 9.8 mi
Little Mt. Tom: 9.8 mi
Badger Hill: 10.2 mi

Artworks1

Giant Crow Statue: 4.8 mi

Beaches1

Starbuck Public Beach: 22.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Tom	SSE 159°	419 m	9.8 mi
Little Mt. Tom	SSE 159°	408 m	9.8 mi
Badger Hill	SSE 160°	405 m	10.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:54	19:33
June solstice	05:33	20:28	21:13
September equinox	07:08	18:41	19:20
December solstice	07:58	15:51	16:40

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	11	15	28	43	57	67	72	70	61	46	31	17
Precip in	0.9	1.0	1.8	3.1	3.5	4.9	4.1	3.5	3.5	2.6	1.6	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW London, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656582

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